UAE To Open Temple Of Three Religions In Abu Dhabi

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (NNN-WAM) – A temple of three Abrahamic religions will be erected in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, in 2022, UAE ambassador to Russia, Mohamed Ahmed bin Sultan Al Jaber, said. “In 2022, it is planned to open a temple of three world religions…

Azerbaijan Declares 2021 As ‘Year Of Nizami Ganjavi’

BAKU, Feb 10 (NNN-AZERTAC) – Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev, signed a decree declaring 2021 as the Year of Nizami Ganjavi. The 880th anniversary of the great poet and thinker, Nizami Ganjavi, will be celebrated in the country this year.  The Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to develop and implement…

Uzbekistan Celebrates 580th Anniversary Of Famous Poet And Thinker Alisher Navoi

TASHKENT, Feb 10 (NNN-CAN) – Uzbekistan yesterday held events across the country, to mark the 580th anniversary of the birth of famous medieval poet, statesman and thinker, Alisher Navoi. Uzbekistan holds an international conference and literature evenings every Feb 9, to read Navoi’s works, with an online Navoi-challenge, reciting the…

Uzbekistan Introduces Visa Free Regime For Tourists From China, Arab Countries

TASHKENT, Feb 10 (NNN-CAN) – Uzbekistan will introduce a ten-day visa free regime for tourists from China, including its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, as well as, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman, starting from Mar 1, a presidential decree said, yesterday. According to the document, to be…

Pakistani FM Apprises Chilean Counterpart Of Rescue Operation For Missing Mountaineer

ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, held a telephone conversation with his Chilean counterpart, Andres Allamand regarding a missing Chilean mountaineer who attempted to scale the world’s second-highest peak K2, in winter. Chilean mountaineer, Juan Pablo Mohr, was attempting to scale K2 with Pakistan’s renowned…

Indonesia Reports 8,700 Newly-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 213 New Deaths

JAKARTA, Feb 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 8,700 within one day, to 1,174,779, with the death toll adding by 213 to 31,976, the Health Ministry said last night. According to the ministry, 10,424 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered…

Afghan Forces Exert Pressure On Militants In Nangarhar Killing Scores In Days

JALALABAD, Feb 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Scores of militants were killed over the past five days, in eastern Nangarhar province, as the Afghan security forces stepped up the crackdown on them, an army commander in the province said. According to General Karim Niazi, 22 militants were killed and 11 others injured,…

Indonesia To Be Lower-Middle-Income Country Due To Pandemic: Minister

JAKARTA, Feb 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia was projected to be a lower-middle-income country, as its economic growth in 2020 contracted by 2.07 percent, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a minister said. Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and gross national income (GNI) per capita, experienced a decline in 2020,…

Protests Continue In Myanmar Despite Ban On Gatherings

YANGON, Feb 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Protests continued to be held in Yangon and other cities in Myanmar today, despite a ban on gatherings in certain townships, which was announced earlier. Gatherings of five or more persons in public areas are banned in some townships of regions and states, under Section…

Four Killed As Unknown Armed Men Open Fire On Car In Afghan Capital

KABUL, Feb 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four people were killed, as unknown armed men sprayed bullets, on a car of government employees in Afghan capital Kabul today, police spokesman, Ferdaus Faramarz, said. According to the official, the unidentified men opened fire on a car, in Bagh-e-Daud area of Police District 5,…