Voting Begins In Philippine Elections

MANILA, May 9 (NNN-PNA) – Filipinos began voting this morning, to elect their next president and some 18,000 other officials of all levels of government. A total of 37,211 polling centres across the country opened at 6.00 a.m. local time (2200 GMT Sunday), for the 65.7 million eligible voters and…

Head-On Crash In Bangladesh Leaves At Least Seven Dead, 20 Injured

DHAKA, May 8 (NNN-BSS) – A head-on collision between two passenger buses, in Bangladesh’s Natore district, some 200 km north-west of the capital Dhaka, yesterday, left at least seven people dead and 20 injured, a senior police official said. Mashiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Natore’s Bonpara Highway Police Station, told journalists…

Cambodia Reports Zero New COVID-19 Cases For 1st Time In Over A Year: PM

PHNOM PENH, May 8 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported no new COVID-19 cases yesterrday, the first time since the third wave of community transmission broke out in Feb last year, Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said. “Today, it is the first time since Feb 20, 2021, that Cambodia has found…

Sri Lanka Commences Random Checks Of Fuel Quality

COLOMBO, May 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned petroleum distributor, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, has commenced random checks on fuel quality, in all gas stations islandwide, said a minister yesterday. They have received a number of complaints about fuel quality, such as, fuel mixed with water, kerosene and other liquids, Minister…

Brunei Steps Up Monitoring On Unexplained Acute Hepatitis

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 8 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei has stepped up monitoring nationwide, to detect cases with acute hepatitis of unknown origin, among children aged between one month and 16 years old, the health ministry said yesterday. According to the ministry, acute hepatitis is not one of the common features…

In E Afghanistan Four Killed As Roof Caves In

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, May 8 (NNN-ANA) – Four persons have been confirmed dead and four others injured, as the roof of a mud house caved-in, in Chaparhar district of the eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, the state-run news agency Bakhtar reported, yesterday. The incident took place following heavy rain in Chaparhar…

Jordan’s Tourism Witnesses Signs Of Recovery

AMMAN, May 8 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s pandemic-hit tourism industry showed signs of recovery, for the first quarter of 2022, and the Eid al-Fitr holiday, following massive campaigns to promote the kingdom’s tourism profile and the eased COVID-19 restrictions. “All figures indicate that the tourism sector is undergoing a recovery. The…

Iranian FM Blames U.S. “Maximum Pressure Policy” For Nuke Deal Standoff

TEHRAN, May 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday, the “wrong maximum pressure policy” of the U.S. is to blame for the status quo on the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact. Making the remarks in a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian slammed the…

11 Egyptian Troops Killed In Clashes With Terrorists In Sinai

CAIRO, May 8 (NNN-MENA) – At least 11 Egyptian troops were killed and five others wounded yesterday, in clashes with terrorists in western Sinai, the Egyptian army said in a statement. The clashes took place, as the Egyptian troops foiled an attack by a group of terrorists, on a water…

Turkey Plans To Send One Million Syrians Home, Answering Public Unease

by Burak Akinci ANKARA, May 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Turkey is making plans for a massive return of Syrians to their homeland, as public hostility to their presence in the country is escalating. Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that, Turkey is building homes and public facilities in parts of Syria,…