Maimunah Of Malaysia Re-Elected As Head Of UN-Habitat

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia was re-elected by the UN General Assembly, as the executive director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), for a term of office of two years. Her initial four-year term ended on Wednesday. Her new two-year term started yesterday:…

Daesh Militants Attack Kurdish Prison In NE Syria: Report

DAMASCUS, Jan 21 (NNN-SANA) – The Daesh group, yesterday, attacked a Kurdish-run prison, in Syria’s north-eastern province of Hasakah, in an attempt to free Daesh inmates, a war monitor reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that, the Daesh militants blew off the gate of the Sina’a prison, in…

Western Countries Create Chaos To Control Other States: Syrian President

DAMASCUS, Jan 21 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, said yesterday that, some Western states practice “immoral policies” and create chaos to control other countries. Assad made the remarks, during his meeting with Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for Syria, in the capital, Damascus. Assad described the…

Israel Reports 64,940 New COVID-19 Cases

JERUSALEM, Jan 21 (NNN-PNA) – The Israeli Ministry of Health, yesterday reported 64,940 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the regime to 2,101,265. Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus rose to 8,369, with 19 new fatalities added, the highest daily figure since early Oct, 2021.…

Myanmar’s Omicron Cases Rise To 146 With 28 New Infections

YANGON, Jan 21 (NNN-MNA) – The number of Omicron cases has risen to 146, after 28 new cases were reported in Myanmar, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health, yesterday. The ministry said, the Omicron variant was found in 11 samples of returnees from Malaysia, six from the…

India To Raise Share Of State-Owned Companies On Electronic Invoices Discounting Platform

MUMBAI, Jan 21 (NNN-PTI) – India plans to raise the share of its state-owned companies on electronic invoice discounting platform, from a mere 4-5 percent of the total invoices discounted on these platforms in the country. Speaking at a webinar yesterday, Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, India’s junior federal minister for finance,…

Singapore Reports 1,472 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Jan 21 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 1,472 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 297,549. Of the new cases, 1,133 were in the community, and 339 were imported cases, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health (MOH). Among the new cases,…

Iran Seeks “Maximum Interaction” With All Countries: President

TEHRAN, Jan 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, said yesterday that, his country seeks “maximum interaction” with all countries, especially its neighbours and allies. Through the interactions and cooperation, the mutual interests of countries are met and the “civilised global community” is formed, Raisi said, when addressing the plenary…

Oil Pipeline In South-Eastern Turkey Exploded, Settlements In Danger

ANKARA, Jan 20 (NNN-ANADOLU) – An oil pipeline in Turkey’s south-eastern city of Kahramanmaras exploded, on Tuesday evening, blocking highway transportation and posing a danger to the settlements nearby. The cause of the pipeline explosion in the Narli neighbourhood of Pazarcik district, is not known yet. The highway between the…

Chinese Contractors To Build Philippines’ Fastest, Longest Railway: Ambassador

MANILA, Jan 20 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippine government signed a commercial contract worth 2.8 billion U.S. dollars, with Chinese contractors, to build the “fastest and longest railway” in the country, that connects southern Luzon provinces, China’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Huang Xilian said, in a statement. Philippine Transportation Secretary, Arthur…