ADB Announces Three Million USD Aid To Support Pakistan’s Flood Relief

ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (NNN-APP) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), announced three million U.S. dollars in emergency assistance, to support Pakistan’s relief operations, following devastating floods across the country. “Pakistan is experiencing devastating flooding, that has displaced families and communities, and ADB stands firmly with Pakistan during this crisis,” ADB…

Malaysia’s Petronas Records Lower Profit Amid Challenging Environment

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas firm, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), announced yesterday that, its profit after tax for the first half of 2025 fell 19 percent, year-on-year, to 26.2 billion ringgit (6.2 billion U.S. dollars), in line with lower revenue. The firm said in…

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Ranked TripAdvisor’s Most Attractive Tourist Destination In Asia For 2025: PM

PHNOM PENH, Aug 30 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said today that, the Angkor Wat has been ranked as Asia’s most attractive tourist destination by TripAdvisor. The prime minister announced this in a text, posted on his official social media platforms, with a TripAdvisor list of Asia’s top…

Japan Requests Largest-Ever Defence Budget For Fiscal 2026 Amid Concerns

TOKYO, Aug 30 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s defence ministry, yesterday, submitted a record defence budget request of 8.8 trillion yen, for the fiscal year 2026, with a focus on deploying various missiles and drones. The budget request, up from last year’s record 8.5 trillion yen initial request, is the fourth in…

Netanyahu Thrives On Conflict To Save His Own Political Career: Jordanian FM

AMMAN, Aug 30 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, condemned ‘Israel’s’ ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip and urged the international community to take decisive action. In a tweet on X, Safadi praised the unequivocal condemnation of the ‘Israeli’ attacks, by the foreign ministers of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway,…

Palestine Expresses “Deep Regret” At U.S. Decision Over Visas For Palestinian Officials

RAMALLAH, Aug 30 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine, yesterday, expressed “deep regret and astonishment,” at the U.S. decision, not to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation, for the upcoming UN General Assembly. The Palestinian presidency “stressed that, this decision stands in clear contradiction to international law and the UN Headquarters Agreement, particularly…

Aid Convoy Reaches Syria’s Sweida Via Major Highway For First Time In Weeks: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (NNN-SANA) – An aid convoy via Syria’s Damascus-Sweida Highway 110, blocked for weeks by fighting, has reached the southernmost Sweida governorate, for the first time since July 12, UN humanitarians said, yesterday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said, aid convoys had…

India’s Forex Reserves Fell By 4.386 Billion USD

NEW DELHI, Aug 30 (NNN-PTI) – India’s foreign exchange reserves, decreased by 4.386 billion U.S. dollars, to 690.720 billion dollars, during the week ending Aug 22, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said yesterday. According to the RBI’s data, the Foreign Currency Assets decreased by 3.652 billion dollars, to 582.251…

Floods, Rains Killed 23 In Pakistan In Last 24 Hours

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (NNN-APP) – Floods and rain-triggered incidents, killed 23 people and injured six, across Pakistan in the past 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said, yesterday. The eastern Punjab province reported 22 deaths, including seven children and three women, all caused by flooding. In Pakistan-controlled Kashmir,…

Brutal Israeli Military Begins Initial Stages Of Attack On Gaza City, Declares “Dangerous Combat Zone”

JERUSALEM, Aug 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Zionist Israel’s military spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said yesterday that, the Barbaric Israeli military has begun the preliminary operations and initial stages, of the attack on Gaza City, and is operating with great intensity on the outskirts of the city. In a video message, posted on…