Police Detain Five Drug Sellers In N. Afghanistan

KABUL, May 12 (NNN-BNA) – Police have arrested five drug sellers, in the northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province, and confiscated illicit drugs, including intoxicated tablets, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said, in a statement, yesterday. The suspects were selling the illegal drugs on the streets of Balkh provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif, as…

China Launched New Remote Sensing Satellites

TAIYUAN, May 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – China sent a remote sensing satellite group into space, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province, yesterday. Launched at 9:27 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified version of the Long March-6 rocket, the Yaogan-40 02 satellite group, has entered planned orbit…

Indonesia’s High-Speed Train Hits Record 25,000 Daily Passengers During Holiday Surge

JAKARTA, May 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, locally known as Whoosh, has reached a new milestone, transporting more than 25,000 passengers in a single day, the highest figure since the China-made line began operations in Oct, 2023. PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a joint venture consortium between Indonesian…

Iran Says Nuclear Talks “More Serious,” Rejects U.S. Call To Dismantle Facilities

TEHRAN, May 12 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, said yesterday that, indirect negotiations with the United States in Oman to revive the 2015 nuclear deal had become “much more serious and frank,” as President Masoud Pezeshkian, rejected U.S. demands for Tehran to dismantle its nuclear infrastructure. The talks…

Brunei To Hold Premier Techno Expo In Aug

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 12 (NNN-PELITA) – Brunei’s leading technology and innovation expo, TechXpo 2025, will be held from Aug 14 to 16, at the International Convention Centre, in the capital. The co-organisers, D’ Sunlit Sdn Bhd and InfoCom Federation Brunei (IFB), said on Saturday that, the expo is a…

Second Round Of Municipal, Local Elections Began In N. Lebanon

BEIRUT, May 12 (NNN-NNA) – The second round of Lebanon’s municipal and local elections began yesterday, in the governorates of Akkar and North Lebanon, following the first round held on May 4, in the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Voting took place under tight security, enforced by the Lebanese Army and Internal…

Japanese PM Reaffirms Push For Tariff Elimination With U.S.

TOKYO, May 12 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, yesterday, emphasised Japan’s strong stance on eliminating U.S. tariff measures, including those on automobiles, during trade negotiations. Speaking on a Fuji TV programme, Ishiba said, Japan is investing in the United States and creating jobs. “If Japan’s automobile industry is…

Eight Killed, Dozens Injured As Bus Plunged Off Cliff In Sri Lanka’s Central Province

COLOMBO, May 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Eight people were killed and over 30 others injured, when a bus plunged off a cliff in Kotmale, located in Sri Lanka’s Central Province, this morning, police said. Five of the deceased are men and the others are women, police said. The injured have been…

Five Charged After Over One Tonne Of Cocaine Found On Boat Off Australia’s East Coast

SYDNEY, May 11 (NNN-AAP) – Five men have been arrested and charged, after Australian police seized more than one tonne of cocaine, found on a boat off the country’s east coast, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said today, in a…

122 Afghans Released From Pakistani Jails, Return Home

KABUL, May 11 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 122 Afghan nationals, who were freed from Pakistani prisons, have returned to their homeland, the state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan reported, yesterday. All the former detainees have been sent to their home provinces, after receiving necessary assistance at crossing points, the…