OPCW Witnessing Manipulation And Contraventions That Seek To Make It A Tool For Western Plans

MOSCOW, Feb 8 (NNN-TASS) – Russian Foreign Ministry said, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is witnessing manipulation and contraventions that seek to make it a tool for carrying out Western plans. In a statement commenting on the internal OPCW investigation, into the leaks related to the…

UAE, Spain Strengthening Defence Ties

MADRID, Feb 8 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates and Spain, explored prospects for growing their defence relations and beefing up partnerships between their defence companies. This came as Major General Pilot, Isaac Saleh Mohammed Al Baloushi, Assistant Undersecretary for Defence Industries and Development, at the Ministry of Defence, met…

Gunman Robs Bank Of Around 40,000 USD In Myanmar’s Yangon

YANGON, Feb 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – A gunman, with a bogus bomb, robbed a bank located in the eastern part of Myanmar’s Yangon, on Friday, an official from Office of the Yangon Region Police Force told Xinhua. “The robbery took place at a branch of CB Bank in North Dagon township,…

Worker Killed, Another Injured As Plane Crashes Tow Truck At Bangkok Airport

BANGKOK, Feb 8 (NNN-TNA) – One airport worker was killed and another injured, following a crash between a domestic airliner and its tow truck, at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. According to Don Mueang airport director, Samphan Khutharanon, the Nok Air plane, accidentally crashed with the tow truck, at…

New Zealand Dairy Company Donates Milk Products To Wuhan To Help Fight Novel Coronavirus

WELLINGTON, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Milk New Zealand Diary Ltd said, on Friday, that, it has donated 2,000 cases of dairy products to Wuhan city, in central China, which is battling the novel coronavirus epidemic. “We donated 2,000 cases of Theland 4.0 protein milk, and 1,000 cases of HawkeSpring natural…

World’s Top Palm Oil Producers Accuse EU Of Trying To Increase Barrier In Commodity Trade

JAKARTA, Feb 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s largest palm oil producers, accused the European Union of planning to increase the level of non-tariff barrier in palm oil trade. After deciding that oil palm plantations caused excessive deforestation and should be excluded from raw materials used in bio…

Sri Lankan PM Visits India

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, arrived here on Friday, on a four-day state visit to India, officials said. Rajapaksa was received by junior human resources development minister, Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, at the airport in New Delhi. Rajapaksa will hold talks with Indian Prime…

Iran Claims Technology To Neutralise U.S. RQ-4 Drone From Far Distance

TEHRAN, Feb 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Commander of the Aerospace Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said, Iran has the technology to neutralise the U.S. RQ-4 drone, flying thousands of km away from its borders, Tehran Times daily reported. “We have gained access to the RQ-4 drone’s secret codes…

Iran Warns U.S. Against Hostile Move In Gulf

TEHRAN, Feb 8 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Judiciary Chief, Ebrahim Reisi, warned the United States, against any anti-Iran move in the Gulf, it was reported Friday. Any U.S. action against Iran will “send the American forces to the bottom of the Gulf,” Reisi warned. He made the remarks, during his address…

Erekat Rejects Kushner’s Remarks On Holding Abbas Responsible For Current Tension

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 8 (NNN-MA’AN) – A senior Palestinian official, rejected the remarks by Jared Kushner, on holding Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, responsible for the current tension between Israelis and the Palestinians in the West Bank. Kushner, a senior adviser and son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, who is a…