Mongolia’s Tsogtbaatar Won Judo World Championship

TASHKENT, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolian judoka, Tsend-Ochir Tsogtbaatar, won the gold medal in the men’s – 73kg, at the Judo World Championships yesterday. Tsogtbaatar defeated Japanese Soichi Hashimoto in the final, becoming the fifth world champion in the history of Mongolian judo. Brazilian Daniel Cargnin and Hidayet Heydarov of…

Two Soldiers Killed, Six Wounded In Clashes In Central Philippines

MANILA, Oct 9 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippine military said yesterday that, suspected rebels killed two soldiers and wounded six others, in a clash in central Philippines. The military said in a report that, the fighting first broke out between soldiers and around 20 New People’s Army (NPA) insurgents, at around…

DPRK Criticised S. Korea-U.S. Joint Drills For Negative Impact On Regional Situation

SEOUL, Oct 9 (NNN-KCNA) – The Defence Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), yesterday, voiced grave concern over the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula. As a new round of South Korea-U.S. joint maritime drills is underway near the peninsula, involving the redeployed nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan…

Syria Demands Immediate Withdrawal Of U.S. Forces

DAMASCUS, Oct 9 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, demanded the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria. In a statement, the ministry said, the U.S. presence in Syria was illegal and demanded an end to the U.S. support to the Kurdish-led militias, which the ministry said, served the…

CPTPP Members Vowed To Deepen Co-Ops In Digital, Green Economy

SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Ministers and senior officials of members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), vowed to continue to explore new areas of cooperation in the digital and green economy, as an approach to advance CPTPP. The commitment was unveiled in a joint ministerial…

Flash Floods Hit Parts Of Cambodia, Killing Four: PM

PHNOM PENH, Oct 9 (NNN-AKP) – Flash floods have been hitting parts of Cambodia, leaving at least four people dead, Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said yesterday. In a voice message, released publicly, Hun Sen said, rainwater flooding has also forced the evacuation of a number of affected families…

Egypt Textile Expo Reopened After COVID-19 Outbreak, Raising Hope For Improved Business

By Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – At a spacious hall in an exhibition centre in Cairo, businesses from eight countries displayed in adjacent partitions, booths and pavilions, a variety of products that included yarns, textiles, fabrics and fashion-related accessories. The businesses were participants of the 71st Cairo International…

U.S. Forces Steal 50 Tankers Of Syrian Oil In Hasakah Province

DAMASCUS, Oct 8 (NNN-SANA) – The U.S. forces, yesterday, sent 50 tankers of stolen oil from Syria’s north-eastern province of Hasakah, towards U.S. bases in neighbouring Iraq. The oil tankers were sent to Iraq in batches, through the illegal al-Mahmoudiyeh crossing. The state news agency said, the U.S. forces have…

Police Named Suspects In Indonesia’s Deadly Football Stampede

JAKARTA, Oct 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian police have named six suspects, in the deadly football stampede at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang in East Java province, that claimed 131 lives. Indonesia’s national police chief, Listyo Sigit Prabowo told a press conference late on Thursday that, three of the suspects were…

Seven Dead In Fire Accident In Pakistan’s Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (NNN-APP) – At least seven people were killed and another injured yesterday, after a fire broke out in a residential plaza, in Faisalabad city of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, rescue workers said. The accident took place in the upper storey of the building, in the Karkhana bazar…