Indonesia’s Water, Non-Alcoholic Beverage Exports Surged Over 34 Percent Last Year

JAKARTA, Jun 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – The shipments of Indonesia’s water and non-alcoholic beverages, expanded 34.36 percent to 164.21 million U.S. dollars, last year, according to the Indonesian Export Financing Institution (LPEI). Senior economist at the LPEI, Donda Sarah, said, she was confident the uptrend would continue for the next several…

Pakistan To Uplift IT Sector To Boost Economic Growth, Foreign Exchange

ISLAMABAD, Jun 17 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said yesterday that, his country has been making prudent policies, to uplift the information technology (IT) sector, to boost economic growth and generate foreign exchange. “A sustainable and advanced information communication technology system is being established, to position Pakistan as…

Trump Reportedly Vetoes Israeli Plan To Kill Iranian Supreme Leader

WASHINGTON, Jun 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, vetoed a recent Israeli plan to kill Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, according to multiple media reports on Sunday. CBS News, citing a U.S. official, reported that, Israel had the opportunity to kill Khamenei, and Trump told Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin…

Thai PM Denies Border Closure With Cambodia

BANGKOK, Jun 17 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, said yesterday that, Thailand has not closed its border with Cambodia, but only taken some border control measures, based on the evolving situation and security requirements, while stressing that, Thailand will not accept any form of threat. Speaking to the…

Iran Says Israel Seeks To Expand War To Other Regional Countries

TEHRAN, Jun 17 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, said yesterday, the Zionist Israeli regime seeks to expand the war to other countries in West Asia region. He made the remarks at a weekly press conference, while condemning the ongoing Israeli “aggression” against Iran, which has started since…

Iran Missile Strikes Killed Eight In Israel As Conflict Enters Fourth Day; Israel Killed 244 Iranians

JERUSALEM, Jun 17 (NNN-MA’AN/IRNA) – Iran launched a new pre-dawn missile attack on Israel, yesterday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens others, Israeli regime officials said, as the four-day conflict triggered by an Israeli surprise assault intensified. The missile barrage set off air raid sirens across Israel. Plumes…

Protests Against Trump Administration’s Policies Staged Across All U.S. States

by Xinhua writer Xia Lin NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/HOUSTON, Jun 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – About 2,000 protests against the Trump administration’s policies were held on Saturday in all 50 U.S. states, ranging from small groups in more rural communities, to larger rallies in major cities, including New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, among…

Minnesota Lawmaker Killed In Targeted Political Attack, Manhunt Continues

SACRAMENTO, Jun 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – A gunman killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and wounded another, in coordinated attacks early Saturday, marking the first successful politically motivated killing of state legislators in the U.S. midwestern state’s modern history. Minnesota State Representative, Melissa Hortman, 55, and her husband were shot dead at…

Egypt Announces New Oil Discovery In Western Desert

CAIRO, Jun 16 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), has made a new oil discovery in the Abu Sennan field, in the Western Desert, the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced, yesterday. Preliminary test results from the new GPR-1X well, are highly promising, indicating daily production rates…

Czech Town Shooting Left Two Dead, Suspect Detained

PRAGUE, Jun 16 (NNN-CTK) – Czech police, yesterday, detained a suspect, following a shooting incident that left two people dead in a town east of Prague. The incident occurred in the evening, in Kostelec nad Cernymi lesy, where police responded to reports of a shooting at a residential property. “Upon…