Indonesian Security Forces Clash With Separatist Group In Papua Province

JAKARTA, Apr 11 (NNN-ANTARA) – The ongoing conflict between the Indonesian joint security forces and an armed separatist group has been heating up in the country’s easternmost province of Papua, causing casualties. On Tuesday and Wednesday, at least 16 houses in Kimak village, Puncak district, were set on fire by…

Vienna Nuke Talks Must Ensure Iran’s Economic Benefits: Speaker

TEHRAN, Apr 11 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said yesterday that, nuclear negotiations in Vienna must lead to guaranteed economic benefits for Iran, according to a statement posted on the parliament’s website. Iran’s nuclear progress is a strong support for the Iranian people’s economic benefits, and nuclear…

Palestinian Woman Killed By Israeli Soldiers In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Apr 11 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli soldiers yesterday, in the town of Husan, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the health ministry and eyewitnesses said. Ghada Sbateen, 47, was critically injured, after she was shot with live bullets by Israeli soldiers, and died…

U.S. Seeks To Impose New Conditions For Lifting Sanctions: Iranian FM

TEHRAN, Apr 11 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said yesterday, the U.S. is seeking to impose new conditions, for lifting anti-Iran sanctions. “In the past two or three weeks, the American side has made excessive demands that contradict some paragraphs of the text, prepared for a possible agreement…

Iran’s Peaceful Nuclear Progress Irreversible: President

TEHRAN, Apr 10 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, said yesterday that, the country’s progress in peaceful nuclear science and technology is irreversible. Raisi made the remarks, during a visit to an exhibition of the country’s nuclear industry, held by the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, on the occasion of…

Israeli Missiles Strike Military Sites In Central Syria

DAMASCUS, Apr 10 (NNN-SANA) – Israel carried out missile strikes against Syrian military sites, yesterday. The missile strike was initiated from the airspace of Lebanon, targeting military sites in central Syria, a military source was quoted as saying. The Syrian air defences intercepted most missiles, it said, adding, the attack…

Strong Winds, Yellow Dust Hit Large Parts Of Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Apr 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Strong winds and yellow dust storms, are hitting large parts of Mongolia, the country’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said, yesterday. The storms swept through the southern provinces of Umnugovi and Dundgovi, the western provinces of Govi-Altai and Bayankhongor, and central areas,…

Afghanistan To Extract Crude Oil From Northern Sari Pul Province

KABUL, Apr 10 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan caretaker government, decided to extract crude oil from the Qashqari oil basin, in the northern Sari Pul province, to increase local products and create job opportunities, said a statement released here yesterday. The process began on Thursday, after a ceremony and the first…

Thieves Steal 60-Foot Bridge In India’s Bihar

NEW DELHI, Apr 10 (NNN-PTI) – Scrap metal thieves, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, stole an abandoned 60-foot steel bridge, officials said yesterday. The bridge, reportedly weighing 500 tonnes, was stolen from Amiyawar village, in Rohtas district, about 119 km south-west of Patna, the capital city of Bihar.…

Indonesia Braces For Higher Inflation, Slowdown In Economic Recovery

by Nurul Ramadhan JAKARTA, Apr 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Indonesian government said, the country is preparing to face a spike in inflation in the coming months, caused by high global commodity prices, which may lead to a slowdown in the post-pandemic economic recovery. Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, said at…