Egypt Opens Service Areas At Borders With Sudan Amid Truck Backlog

CAIRO, Sept 8 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt established two service areas at its borders with Sudan, for Egyptian truckers queued up for clearance, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Transport. The areas were set up in the Egyptian border towns of Wadi Karkar and Abu Simbel, in the southern province of…

Philippine Troops Killed Six Suspected Rebels In Clashes

MANILA, Sept 8 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine troops killed at least six suspected rebels, in a series of clashes in the central Philippines yesterday, a military commander said. Army Major General, Marion Sison, said, initial fighting broke out at around 7:35 a.m. local time, followed by five other clashes in three…

Bus Veered Off Course After Explosion, Killing Infant, Injuring Nine In Iran

TEHRAN, Sept 8 (NNN-TASNIM) – A bus veered off course and crashed, after an explosion and a fire on board, yesterday, killing an infant and injuring nine others, in western Iran. The explosion occurred at 04:00 a.m. local time (0030 GMT), as the bus was travelling through the Asadabad mountain…

ASEAN Summit Concluded With Fruitful Outcomes Despite Global Challenges

JAKARTA, Sept 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – The 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, concluded here yesterday, with a series of outcomes despite rising uncertainties globally. “The Indonesian chairmanship has achieved a lot, in terms of efforts in maintaining stability and prosperity in the region,” Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, told…

Pakistani Central Bank’s Forex Reserves Fall By 70 Million USD

ISLAMABAD, Sept 8 (NNN-APP) – The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), said that, its foreign exchange reserves had decreased by 70 million U.S. dollars. During the week ending Sept 1, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank fell to around 7.8 billion dollars, the SBP said in a statement,…

Myanmar Designates More Protected Forest Areas

YANGON, Sept 8 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar has designated 45,493 more acres of reserved forest and protected public forest areas of the fiscal year (FY) 2023-2024, deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Daw Zin Mar Tun, said, yesterday. From FY 2001-2002 to FY 2030-2031, efforts…

Bangladesh To Import More LNG From Int’l Spot Market

DHAKA, Sept 8 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government will import two more cargoes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from the international spot market, to meet the domestic gas demand. The government approved two proposals yesterday, at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Finance Minister, AHM…

Sri Lanka Issues Landslide Warnings Due To Heavy Rains

COLOMBO, Sept 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organisation, yesterday, issued landslide early warnings for five districts, following heavy rains. These warnings have been issued for areas in Galle, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalle and Ratnapura districts. Accordingly, people living in these areas were urged to be on the alert,…

China-Singapore Joint Exercise Kicked Off

SINGAPORE, Sept 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – The bilateral training exercise between the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and the Singapore Armed Forces, kicked off at the Jurong Camp here yesterday, focusing on urban counter-terrorism operations. Over 280 elite military personnel from both armies will perform equipment operations, small-arms live firing, real force…

12 Illegally-Excavated Relics Handed Over To Afghan National Museum

SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Sept 7 (NNN-ANAL) – A total of 12 items of antiquities found in Faizabad district of Jawzjan province, were handed over to the National Museum of Afghanistan by the department of information and culture of Jawzjan, Saifuddin Moatasim, the department’s director, said today. These items were obtained by…