13 Missing In Ship Collision Off Japan’s Aomori

TOKYO, Mar 1 (NNN-NHK) – Thirteen crew members, including seven Chinese nationals, on board a Belize-flagged cargo ship are missing, after the ship collided with a fishing boat, off Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Aomori late Saturday (last night), the Chinese consulate general in Sapporo said today (Sunday). Guo Xing 1,…

Nepal Postpones Int’l Tourism Promotion Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

KATHMANDU, Mar 1 (NNN-NEPAL NEWS) – The Nepali government deferred international tourism promotional activities, planned as part of Visit Nepal Year-2020, due to the novel COVID-19 epidemic. It is a major setback for the Visit Nepal Year campaign, under which the Himalayan country targeted to attract two million foreign tourists,…

Iran’s President Urges Global Action Against COVID-19 Outbreak

TEHRAN, Mar 1 (NNN-IRNA) – A global move should address the outbreak of COVID-19, as the illness has turned to be a global issue, Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, said on Saturday. Rouhani made the remarks during a phone call with Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. “No country…

Iraqi Foreign Ministry Suspends Consular Services Over COVID-19

BAGHDAD, Mar 1 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Foreign Ministry, decided to suspend consular services for one week, over concerns of the COVID-19. As part of the ministry’s measures against the spread of the disease, which can be transmitted as a result of human gatherings, the ministry will temporarily suspend the…

Muhyiddin Yassin Sworn In As Malaysia’s New Prime Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Muhyiddin Yassin, a former deputy prime minister, took the oath of office this morning (Sunday), to become Malaysia’s new prime minister. Muhyiddin was appointed following the abrupt resignation of 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad, who had been in office since the general elections in 2018.– NNN-BERNAMA

U.S., Taliban Sign Peace Agreement In Doha

DOHA, Mar 1 (NNN-QNA) – The United States and the Taliban, signed a peace agreement on Saturday, in the Qatari capital of Doha, in a bid to end a long-running war in Afghanistan. According to a joint statement, released by the U.S. and Afghan governments on Saturday, ahead of the…

Vietnam Approves MoU On Establishing China-ASEAN Centre

HANOI, Mar 1 (NNN-VNA) – The Vietnamese government issued a resolution, to approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on Establishing the China-ASEAN Centre, signed in 2017. In Aug, 2017, the foreign minister of China, and foreign ministers or their representatives of the 10 ASEAN member states, signed the amended version…

Five Teenagers Drown In Northern Philippine River

MANILA, Mar 1 (NNN-PNA) – Five teenage girls drowned while swimming in a river in Cagayan Province in the northern Philippines on Saturday. The Cagayan Province information office said, three other teenage girls survived the accident that happened around noon on Saturday, while they were having a picnic in a…

Number Of Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 Reaches Four In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Mar 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan confirmed two more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people to four, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Zafar Mirza, said. Addressing a press conference here, Mirza said that one of the new cases emerged in south Sindh province,…

Erdogan Says 18,000 Refugees Cross Turkey’s Borders To Europe

HATAY, Turkey, Mar 1 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that, over 18,000 irregular migrants have so far crossed the Greek border, after Turkey decided to open its border gates for the refugees. “The figure could go up to 25,000-30,000 today,” Erdogan said, at a meeting in Istanbul.…