Putin Meets Chinese Vice Premier In Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Sept 13 (NNN-TASS) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, met here yesterday, with Chinese Vice Premier, Zhang Guoqing, who was invited to attend the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). Putin asked Zhang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,…

Myanmar Exported Over 113,000 Tonnes Of Watermelon To China In First Eight Months Of The Year

YANGON, Sept 13 (NNN-MNA) – Watermelons exported from Myanmar to China via border trade route have been over 113,000 tonnes, between Jan and Aug, this year, the Fruit Commodity Exchange at Muse border post said, yesterday. There have been a total of 7,048 trucks that loaded watermelons transported to China,…

900,000 Stimulant Tablets Seized In Myanmar

YANGON, Sept 13 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities have seized 900,000 stimulant tablets in the commercial city of Yangon, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) said, yesterday. Acting on a tipoff, police searched two suspected men on the Yangon-Pyay road, in Insein town of Yangon, on Aug 22, and…

DPRK Top Leader Arrives At Russian Border Town Khasan

SEOUL, Sept 13 (NNN-YONHAP) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), arrived at the Russian border town of Khasan early yesterday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, today. Kim, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State…

Lebanon, Britain Launched Joint Military Exercise

BEIRUT, Sept 13 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon and Britain launched a joint military exercise in central Lebanon, yesterday, the British embassy in Lebanon said in a statement. More than 65 military personnel from the British Army’s Second Battalion, joined the exercise with their counterparts from Lebanon’s Air Assault Regiment, it added,…

Palestine Condemns Israeli Threats To Sever Ties With PA

RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine, yesterday condemned “ongoing Israeli threats” to sever ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA), if Israel is hauled to the international courts. In a press statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, “Israel warned us, all the time, not to file war crime charges against Israel’s…

Lebanese Cabinet Approved 2024 State Budget

BEIRUT, Sept 13 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese cabinet, yesterday, approved the 2024 state budget and submitted it to parliament. “This is the first state budget to be approved within the constitutional timeframe since 2002, which is a major achievement,” Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, said at a press conference, adding, the…

Nine Palestinians Among Victims Of Libya Floods: Ministry

RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (NNN-WAFA) – At least nine Palestinians have lost their lives, after torrential floods hit the eastern part of Libya, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, yesterday. Eight of the victims belong to the family of Mahmoud al-Tawab, who lived in the Libyan city of Derna, the ministry said…

Four Israeli Officers Sentenced For Theft, Assaults Against Palestinians

JERUSALEM, Sept 12 (NNN-MA’AN) – An Israeli court sentenced yesterday, four border police officers to community service or imprisonment, after they were convicted of theft and assaults against Palestinian workers. The Beersheba District Court in southern Israel, said in a statement that, the four officers confessed to committing armed robbery,…

Cultural Heritage, Tourism Of China’s Zhejiang Province Introduced In Iran

TEHRAN, Sept 12 (NNN-IRNA) – The Chinese Embassy in Iran, yesterday hosted an event, to promote the cultural heritage and tourism of China’s eastern Zhejiang province, in the run-up to the Hangzhou Asian Games in the provincial capital. The event, which was organised by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture…