6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Off Indonesia’s North Maluku

JAKARTA, Jul 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s eastern North Maluku province early today, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency reported. The quake occurred at 04:30 a.m. Jakarta time, today (2130 GMT Friday), with the epicentre located 104 kilometres south-west of Doi Island,…

Bangladesh Leather, Footwear Expo 2025 Starts

DHAKA, Jul 26 (NNN-BSS) – In continuation of the past nine years, the ninth edition of Bangladesh Leather and Footwear Expo started here Thursday. The three-day exhibition took place at the International Convention City Bashundhara, with over 250 companies from home and abroad, and their selected agents exhibiting their products…

Thailand Committed To Resolving Border Conflict With Cambodia Through Bilateral Negotiations: FM Spokesperson

BANGKOK, Jul 26 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand remains committed to resolving its ongoing border conflict with Cambodia, through bilateral negotiations, and calls on the international community to urge Cambodia to return to the negotiating table, said Thai Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Nikorndej Balankura, yesterday. Thailand remains firm in its position stated all…

Sri Lanka To Waive Visa Fees For 40 More Countries To Boost Tourism

COLOMBO, Jul 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan government has decided to waive visa fees for 40 additional countries, to boost tourism, a senior minister said, yesterday. Speaking at the “Hotel Show Colombo 2025” exhibition, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, stated that the decision was…

10 Soldiers Killed As Yemeni Forces Clash With Houthis In Saada

ADEN, Yemen, Jul 26 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s pro-government forces, said yesterday, they had repelled a large-scale attack, launched by Houthi militia, targeting military positions in the northern province of Saada. In a statement posted on social media platform X, the forces said, they “thwarted a large-scale attack” by Houthis on…

Six Soldiers Killed In Border Clashes With Cambodia: Thai Army

BANGKOK, Jul 26 (NNN-TNA) – Six Thai soldiers have been killed, since the border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia broke out on Thursday, the Thai army said, yesterday. In a social media post, the Thai army said that, one soldier from the Second Army Region was killed on Thursday, and…

10 Killed In Two Road Accidents On Kazakhstan Highways

ALMATY, Jul 26 (NNN-KNA) – Ten people were killed and four others were injured in Kazakhstan, in two separate road accidents that occurred on Thursday and yesterday, the national highway operator, KazAvtoZhol, said in a statement, yesterday. Six people, including a road worker, were killed and two others injured, in…

Cambodia-Thailand Border Clashes Still Going On, As Thousands Of Civilians Flee Homes

PHNOM PENH, Jul 26 (NNN-AKP) – Armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai soldiers, over disputed border areas are still going on, as thousands of Cambodian villagers, evacuated to safer areas, Cambodian officials said yesterday afternoon. Cambodian defence ministry’s undersecretary of state and spokesperson, Lieutenant General Maly Socheata, said, the Thai…

Iran, European Countries Resumed Nuclear Talks In Istanbul

TEHRAN, Jul 26 (NNN-IRNA) – Nuclear talks between Iran and the three European countries of France, Britain and Germany, collectively known as the E3, began in Istanbul, Türkiye, yesterday morning, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The Iranian delegation is headed by Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi…

3-Day Mourning Declared In Russia’s Far East Regions After Plane Crash

VLADIVOSTOK, Jul 25 (NNN-TASS) – Authorities in Russia’s Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Territory, yesterday, declared three days of mourning through Sunday, following the crash of an An-24 passenger aircraft, that claimed the lives of all people on board. “With deep sorrow, I must announce that, there are no survivors in…