Yemen Reopens Vital Aden-Sanaa Highway After 7-Year Closure

ADEN, Yemen, May 30 (NNN-SABA) – The Yemeni government announced yesterday, the reopening of a key highway connecting the southern port city of Aden with the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, after a seven-year closure caused by the ongoing internal conflict. Ali Muqbil Saleh, governor of the government-controlled southern province of Dhalea,…

Brunei MYCE Returns To Attract Foreign Visitors

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 30 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei’s annual Mid-Year Conference and Exhibition (Brunei MYCE) 2025, which started on May 19, will run through July 16, the Tourism Development Department said on Wednesday. Brunei MYCE 2025, will feature a wide range of conferences, seminars, workshops, and exhibitions, to promote knowledge…

Two Hospitalised With Severe Burns Following Arson Attack On Business In Australia’s Brisbane

SYDNEY, May 30 (NNN-AAP) – Two men have been hospitalised with severe burns, after an arson attack on a business in Brisbane, Australia. The two men, aged 47 and 54, were seriously injured, when the business in the southern Brisbane suburb of Browns Plains was engulfed in fire, around 12:15…

Philippines’ Total External Trade Decreased By Two Percent In April

MANILA, May 30 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ total external trade in goods, decreased by two percent in April this year, to 16.99 billion U.S. dollars, from 17.34 billion dollars in Apr, last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said, today. Of the total external trade in Apr this year, the…

DPRK Top Leader Convenes Party Military Meeting, Supervises Artillery Firing Contest

PYONGYANG, May 30 (NNN-KCNA) – The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Wednesday, convened the Eighth Enlarged Meeting of the Eighth Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), state media said today. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the WPK, chairman of…

Thailand, Cambodia Agree To Withdraw Troops To De-Escalate Border Tensions

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, May 30 (NNN-TNA/AKP) – The Thai and Cambodian armies, agreed yesterday, to withdraw troops from a disputed border area, where a brief exchange of gunfire took place on Wednesday, the Thai army said in a statement. The agreement was reached after a meeting between Thai Army chief, Phana…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Fresh Attack Against Israel

SANAA, May 30 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s Houthis took responsibility last night, for launching a fresh “hypersonic ballistic missile” attack against central Israel, saying, it was aimed at Ben Gurion Airport. “We carried out a military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel, using a hypersonic ballistic missile,” Houthi military…

Two Killed In Israeli Attacks On S. Lebanon: Media

BEIRUT, May 30 (NNN-NNA) – Two people were killed yesterday, in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon. According to the report, an Israeli drone targeted the entrance of the Ali Al-Taher forest, in the hills of Nabatieh Fawqa, killing municipal employee, Mahmoud Atwi, while he was riding a motorcycle on the…

Feature: Sowing Gains: Innovation Drives Egypt’s Wheat Surge

QALYUBIA, Egypt, May 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Islam Ezz, a farmer in Qalyubia governorate, north of Cairo, has an unprecedented yield in his wheat fields this year. “Wheat cultivation is beaming this season, thanks to the new seeds we obtained from the research institute affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture,” Ezz…

Five Terrorists Killed In Military Operations In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, May 30 (NNN-APP) – Five terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations, in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, the military said, yesterday. The operations were conducted in Loralai and Kech districts of the province on Wednesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said…