ASEAN Military Intelligence Chiefs Vow To Enhance Centrality, Solidarity, Unity

PHNOM PENH, Mar 16 (NNN-AKP) – Military intelligence chiefs of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), yesterday vowed to continue enhancing the bloc’s centrality, solidarity and unity, according to a press statement. The commitment was made, during the 19th ASEAN Military Intelligence Meeting (AMIM-19), chaired by Lieutenant General Hun…

Lebanese PM Urges UN For Support Amid Food Security Concerns

BEIRUT, Mar 16 (NNN-NNA) — Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, yesterday urged the United Nations, to support Lebanon in dealing with food security threats, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Lebanese Council of Ministers said. “We call on the UN to support Lebanon, in confronting the repercussions of the war, based…

Turkish President Says Ankara To Maintain Ties With Both Kiev, Moscow

ANKARA, Mar 16 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said, his country has to maintain close ties with both Kiev and Moscow. He made the remarks, while responding to a question as to whether Turkey will comply with international sanctions against Russia, at a joint press conference here with…

Australian Cruise Ship Ban Over COVID-19 To End In Apr

CANBERRA, Mar 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s ban on international cruise ships will end in Apr, the government said. Health Minister, Greg Hunt, Home Affairs Minister, Karen Andrews and Tourism Minister, Dan Tehan, said today, the government would not renew the ban on international cruise ships arriving in, and departing from,…

Three Dead, One Injured From Sydney Boarding House Fire

SYDNEY, Mar 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A fire at a boarding house in Sydney, killed three people with one in a critical condition. The police have deemed the cause of the fire as “suspicious.” Firefighters were called to a two-level boarding house in Newtown, a suburb in Sydney’s inner west, this…

S. Korea Logs Trade Surplus For Third Month In Feb

SEOUL, Mar 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea logged a trade surplus in Feb, due to a faster increase in export, customs office data showed today. Trade surplus stood at 0.8 billion U.S. dollars in Feb, after posting trade deficits of 4.73 billion dollars in Jan and 430 million dollars in…

Marcos-Carpio Tandem Maintains Lead In Philippine Presidential Election Survey

MANILA, Mar 15 (NNN-PNA) – The tandem of presidential aspirant, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and vice-presidential candidate, Sara Duterte-Carpio, maintained a commanding lead in the latest election survey released yesterday. A national survey by Pulse Asia, conducted from Feb 18 to 23, showed that 60 percent of the surveyed 2,400 Filipinos…

Documentaries Screened In Afghanistan To Show Country’s Reconstruction

KABUL, Mar 15 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan Film, the state-run film producing company, screened two recently-made documentaries at its headquarters Sunday, a local news agency reported today. The two films were said to be the first batch of works, produced by Afghan Film, since the Taliban took over the power of…

Vietnam Logs 161,262 New COVID-19 Cases

HANOI, Mar 15 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam recorded 161,262 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, a decline of 5,706 cases from Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 161,247 domestically transmitted and 15 imported. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the pandemic hotspot with 29,833…

Egg Of Endangered Javanese Eagle Hatches In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Mar 15 (NNN-ANTARA) – An egg of endangered Javanese eagle, hatched at the Javanese Eagle Sanctuary Centre, in Bogor district, about 60 km south of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, Head of the Mount Halimun Salak National Park, Ahmad Munawir, said yesterday. The second by second of the hatching of this…