Myanmar’s State Administration Council Chairman Meets ASEAN Envoys

YANGON, Mar 22 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC) Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, met the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) envoys, in the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. According to a release, issued by the council’s Information Team, Min Aung Hlaing held talks with…

Israel Undermines Chances Of Establishing Palestinian State: Palestinian PM

RAMALLAH, Mar 21 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday said, Israeli measures, including settlement expansion, undermine any chances of establishing a Palestinian state. The reality on the ground is gradually deteriorating, and the two-state solution will not be achieved through negotiations, “because the Israeli government doesn’t want to,”…

Malaysia Reports 19,105 New COVID-19 Infections, 71 More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 19,105 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 3,993,124, according to the health ministry. There are 386 new imported cases, with 18,719 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 71 deaths have been…

Mongolia Reports Lowest Daily COVID-19 Cases For Two Consecutive Days

ULAN BATOR, Mar 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia registered 35 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily number for two days in a row, since Mar 6, 2021, raising its total caseload to 468,654, the country’s health ministry said today. Meanwhile, no new deaths were reported…

India Reports 1,549 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Mar 21 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,009,390 today, as 1,549 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the health ministry’s latest data showed. Besides, as many as 31 deaths, due to the pandemic, since yesterday morning, took the total death…

Japan’s Suzuki To Invest In Electric Vehicle, Battery Manufacturing In India

MUMBAI, Mar 21 (NNN-PTI) – Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation will invest approximately 1.37 billion U.S. dollars, in India’s western state of Gujarat, to produce electric vehicles (EV) and EV batteries, said a corporate filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange, yesterday. According to a memorandum of understanding, Suzuki Motor Corporation’s wholly…

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ramos-Horta Leads Timor Leste Presidential Election

JAKARTA, Mar 21 (NNN-ANTARA) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, is leading Timor Leste’s presidential election, garnering 44 percent out of 50 percent votes counted by yesterday afternoon, according to data from the country’s Election Secretariat, as reported by local media. The South-east Asian nation just had the presidential…

S.Korea Reports 209,169 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Mar 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 209,169 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 9,582,815, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was sharply down from 334,708 in the previous day, due to fewer virus tests…

Yemen’s Houthis Launched Drone Attacks Against Saudi Aramco Oil Facilities

SANAA, Mar 21 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi militia, yesterday, claimed responsibility for a fresh attack against a Saudi Aramco oil facilities, in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah, and other vital energy facilities in the Saudi south-western city of Jazan, the second of such cross-border missile attacks against…

Iran’s Supreme Leader, President Laud Nationals For Defeating U.S. “Maximum Pressure”

TEHRAN, Mar 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President, Ebrahim Raisi, yesterday praised Iranians for their resistance against U.S. sanctions, saying, the people managed to defeat Washington’s “maximum pressure” campaign. They made their remarks in their congratulatory addresses to the Iranian nation, on the occasion of…