Mongolia Launches Smartphone App On Rare Species Of Wild Fauna, Flora

ULAN BATOR, May 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia yesterday launched a smartphone app, to provide information about its rare and endangered species of wild fauna and flora, according to the country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism. The smartphone app “Baigali,” which means nature in Mongolian, contains information about 3,000 rare and…

Brunei To End Early Endemic Phase, Update COVID-19 Guidelines

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 25 (NNN-ANN) – The Brunei government, yesterday said, its Early Endemic Phase will end on May 31, and the guidelines for COVID-19 control measures will be updated beginning in June. As part of Brunei’s National COVID-19 Recovery Framework, the country moved to the Early Endemic Phase…

Urgent: DPRK Fires Ballistic Missile

SEOUL, May 25 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), fired an unspecified ballistic missile eastward, today, Pyongyang Time, South Korea’s news agency reported, quoting military sources. The news was announced by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea. Details were not immediately available. Earlier this month,…

Turkish Police Detain Foreign Daesh Bomber With Attack Plan In Istanbul

ISTANBUL, May 25 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish police detained a foreign national, suspected of planning a suicidal bomber attack in Istanbul, for the extremist Daesh group, local media reported yesterday. The arrest came, after a police operation launched upon a tip-off, about a Daesh suicidal bomb attack, planned in the country’s…

Afghan Forces Discover Assault Rifles, Arrest Five In Northern Province

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, May 25 (NNN-ANA) – Security forces discovered 40 pieces of assault rifles and arrested five people, during operations in parts of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman, Mohammad Asif Waziri, said, yesterday. Addressing a press briefing here, Waziri added that, the security forces had discovered the weapons…

Afghan Refugees Hold U.S. Responsible For Worsening Security, Economy In Afghanistan

TEHRAN, May 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Battered and bruised by hardships, Abdollah Saebi, an Afghan in his late 40s, looks much older than his age. A former teacher and farmer in Afghanistan, Saebi is now a refugee, earning a hard living, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, as watchman to support his…

Saudi Telecom Partners With Chinese Tech Firm Alibaba On Cloud Services

RIYADH, May 24 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Telecom Company (STC), entered into a joint venture with Chinese tech giant, Alibaba Group, to launch a cloud services company in Riyadh, with an initial investment of 238 million U.S. dollars. The new company, Alibaba Cloud, was also formed in partnership with the Saudi…

Turkey Logs 2.57 Million Foreign Arrivals In Apr

ANKARA, May 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Foreign arrivals in Turkey surged by 225.6 percent, year-on-year, to 2.57 million in Apr, the official figures showed yesterday, as the country is trying to recover from the impact of COVID-19. The number of foreign visitors hosted in the Jan-Apr period this year increased by…

Turkey To Launch New Military Operation In N. Syria

ANKARA, May 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey is preparing for a new military operation in northern Syria, to establish a 30-km deep safe zone along its southern border, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday. “As soon as the Turkish armed forces complete its intelligence and security preparations, these operations will…

Indonesia Summons British Ambassador For Raising Rainbow Flag

JAKARTA, May 24 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian government summoned British Ambassador, Owen Jenkins, yesterday, to seek clarification regarding the raising of a rainbow flag at the embassy’s area. Rainbow flag is widely considered as the symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and queer pride, and LGBT social movements. Indonesian…