Pakistani President Administers Oath To Four New Cabinet Members

ISLAMABAD, Apr 23 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani President, Arif Alvi, yesterday administered the oath to four new members of the cabinet of newly-elected Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif. Three federal ministers and one state minister took the oath of office, during a ceremony held at the President House, according to the…

Abbas Calls On U.S. To Intervene To Stop Israeli Measures In Palestinian Territories

RAMALLAH, Apr 22 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has on U.S. President, Joe Biden, and his administration, to intervene to stop Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories, mainly in East Jerusalem. Abbas made the request yesterday, in a meeting with U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern…

S.Korea Reports 81,058 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Apr 22 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea recorded 81,058 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 16,755,055, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was down from 90,867 recorded in the previous day, and far lower than 125,827…

Malaysia’s Inflation Rises 2.2 Percent On Higher Food Prices In March

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) in March increased 2.2 percent from a year ago, surpassing the average inflation of 1.9 percent for the period Jan, 2011 to Mar, 2022, official data showed today. The four percent increase in food inflation, which is the largest…

Japan Claims Three Golds On Third Day Of Asian Wrestling Championships

ULAN BATOR, Apr 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan bagged three golds and a silver, from the five women’s events competed on the third day of the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships here yesterday. In the 50kg freestyle, world champion, Remina Yoshimoto, defeated Mongolian Tsogt-Ochir Namuuntsetseg, for the gold medal. The bronze medal…

Leaders Of S.Korea, DPRK Exchange Letters

SEOUL, Apr 22 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, and top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, exchanged letters, the South Korean presidential Blue House said today. The Blue House said in a short statement that, Moon and Kim exchanged the letters without…

India To Host 1st Int’l Cruise Conference In Mumbai Next Month

MUMBAI, Apr 22 (NNN-PTI) – India’s financial capital, Mumbai, will host the country’s first international cruise conference on May 14-15, Indian Shipping Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, said yesterday. Indian cruise market has the potential to grow 10 fold, over the next decade, driven by rising demand and disposable incomes, said Sonowal.…

Four Daesh Militants Killed In Airstrike In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Apr 22 (NNN-NINA) – Four militants of the Daesh group were killed yesterday, in an Iraqi airstrike, in a rugged area in Salahudin Province, north of the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi government said. Acting on intelligence reports, the Iraqi armed forces launched an airstrike on abandoned houses in the…

Turkey Summons Iraqi Envoy To Defend Cross-Border Offensive In N. Iraq

ANKARA, Apr 22 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, yesterday summoned the charge d’affaires of the Iraqi embassy, to defend Turkey’s fresh cross-border operation in northern Iraq. The ministry expressed its “discomfort over the baseless allegations” by the Iraqi authorities against Turkey’s military operation, dubbed Claw-Lock, that targeted the Kurdistan Workers…

First Commercial Flight In Six Years To Depart Sanaa On Sunday: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (NNN-YPA) – The United Nations welcomes the first commercial flight scheduled out of Sanaa airport in six years, as an essential step in the two-month truce, a UN spokesman said, yesterday. The flight to Amman, Jordan, is scheduled to take off on Sunday, said Stephane Dujarric,…