Two Quakes Rock Western Indonesia, Scores Injured, Houses Damaged

JAKARTA, Mar 11 (NNN-ANTARA) – Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.8 and 4.9, jolted western part of Indonesia province on Tuesday, leaving scores of people wounded and several houses destroyed, officials said. The latest quake struck at 9:06 p.m. Jakarta time (1406 GMT) (last night), with the epicentre at 88…

UN Security Council Adopts Resolution To Welcome Progress In Afghan Peace Process

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Security Council adopted a resolution, to welcome progress in the peace process in Afghanistan. Resolution 2513, which won unanimous support of the 15-member council, welcomes the significant steps towards ending the war and opening the door to intra-Afghan negotiations, enabled by two accords…

COVID-19 Infections In Japan Rise To 554 Cases, 17 Dead

TOKYO, Mar 11 (NNN-NHK) – The number of COVID-19 infections in Japan increased by 24 on Tuesday, to reach a total of 554 as of 9:00 p.m. local time here, according to data from Japan’s health ministry and local governments. The majority of confirmed cases stemmed from Japan’s northernmost prefecture…

China Arranges Vessels To Ship Garment, Footwear Raw Materials To Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Mar 11 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said, China has arranged vessels to freight raw materials for garment and footwear productions to Cambodia, from now until May. Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen said, the first shipment arrived on…

COVID-19 Cases In Israel Rise To 70

JERUSALEM, Mar 11 (NNN-MA’AN) – A total of 20 Israelis tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday (yesterday), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 70, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health. Among the 20 new cases are 16, who recently returned from Europe, one returnee…

ASEAN Economic Ministers Prioritise Promoting Connectivity, Partnership, Efficiency

HANOI, Mar 11 (NNN-VNA) – Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), approved 12 initiatives regarding boosting regional economic cooperation in 2020, at a meeting held in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang. The initiatives, approved at the 26th Meeting of ASEAN Economic Minister Retreat, focus on…

S. African Official Calls For Collective Actions On Wildlife Protection, Climate Change

JOHANNESBURG, Mar 10 (NNN-BUANEWS) – A South African official, called on African countries, to jointly protect wildlife and tackle climate change. Makhotso Sotyu, deputy minister of Forestry and Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, made the remarks at Kruger National Park, when addressing delegates at the 22nd African Forestry and Wildlife Commission.…

Oman’s Sultan Announces 10 Decrees, Naming State Officials

MUSCAT, Mar 10 (NNN-ONA) – The Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq, on Monday, issued 10 new royal decrees naming some officials and new diplomats and ratifying international agreements. According to an official statement, broadcast by Omani TV today, a royal decree named Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said, as…

Former Iranian Lawmaker Dies Of COVID-19

TEHRAN, Mar 10 (NNN-IRNA) – Mohammad Reza Rahchamani, a former Iranian lawmaker, died of COVID-19, on Monday, Tehran Times daily reported. Rahchamani, 64 and a reformist politician, died at the Masih Daneshvari Hospital. Fatemeh Rahbar, a conservative female politician, recently elected for the next parliament, also died of the illness…

Pro-Gov’t Forces Detonate Nine Tonnes Of Landmines, Explosives In Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Yemen, Mar 10 (NNN-SABA) – Pro-government Yemeni forces, detonated around nine tonnes of landmines and explosives, dismantled from several areas in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. According to a press statement of the pro-government forces, “explosives experts detonated around nine tonnes of Houthi-laid landmines, including marine…