Death Toll Rises To 126 From Brazilian Heavy Rains

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 4 (NNN-CMA) – The death toll from heavy rains last week, in the Brazilian city of Recife and its metropolitan area, has risen to 126, with two people still missing, the government of the north-eastern state of Pernambuco said. At least 9,302 people have been driven…

Iraq To Raise Daily Oil Output To 4.58 Million Barrels

BAGHDAD, Jun 4 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq said yesterday that, its oil production would reach 4.58 million barrels per day (bpd) in July and Aug. The latest increase came, after the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, agreed on significant oil output…

Iraqi Forces Kill 13 Daesh Militants In Three Provinces

BAGHDAD, Jun 4 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces killed 13 Daesh militants during a series of operations in the provinces of Kirkuk, Nineveh and Diyala, the military said yesterday. Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), backed by helicopters, managed to kill 13 Daesh militants during an attack on their hideout, during operations…

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan Sign Historic Declaration To Strengthen Ties

TASHKENT, Jun 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan’s President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and visiting Tajik President, Emomali Rahmon, signed in the Uzbek capital yesterday, “a historic” declaration on strengthening friendship and alliance, the Uzbek president’s press service said. The presidents of the two neighbouring Central Asian states also inked a number of documents,…

Bicycle Tour Held In Kazakhstan To Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of CICA

NUR-SULTAN, Jun 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – A bicycle tour was organised yesterday in Nur-Sultan, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s membership in the United Nations. On the occasion of the significant milestone of the…

Arab Ministers Agree To Set Up Action Plan For Crisis-Ridden Lebanon

BEIRUT, Jun 4 (NNN-NNA) – The Council of Arab Ministers for Social Affairs (CAMSA), yesterday agreed to set up an action plan, with a specific timetable, to assist Lebanon tiding through the current socio-economic crisis, said the Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs, Hector Hajjar. “All concerned parties from the Lebanese…

Iranian UN Ambassador Slams U.S. Sanctions As “War” On Iranian People

TEHRAN, Jun 4 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said, the United States has waged a “war” on Iranian civilians, by imposing sanctions, Iranian state TV reported yesterday. “Unilateral coercive measures are employed by certain states, as a method of war to starve innocent civilians.…

Sri Lankan President Instructs Officials To Maintain Adequate Stocks Of Essential Items

COLOMBO, Jun 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, instructed officials to maintain adequate stocks of all essential food items, to prevent a shortage of goods, the president’s media division announced yesterday. The president pointed out that, it could prevent the organised efforts of some businessmen, to increase prices…

Some 2,000 Laotians Working In Malaysia Illegally: Report

VIENTIANE, Jun 3 (NNN-KPL) – It is estimated that about 2,000 Lao nationals are currently working in Malaysia illegally, and the Lao authorities plan to work with the Malaysian side to have these groups of people registered and work legally, local daily Vientiane Times reported. Director General of the Department…

Argentine Gov’t Confident To Meet IMF Targets For Second Review

BUENOS AIRES, Jun 3 (NNN-TELAM) – The Argentine government has “no doubt” that it will meet the targets agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for its second technical review, Argentine presidential spokesperson, Gabriela Cerruti, said yesterday. “The first review is going very well despite all the doomsayers,” she…