6.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Indonesia’s Bali, No Tsunami Alert Issued

JAKARTA, Feb 6 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Bali earlier today (Thursday), but there was no potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake struck at 01:12 a.m. Jakarta time, Thursday (1812 GMT Wednesday) with epicentre at 69 km northeast Bangkalan of East Java province, and…

Campaigning Reaches Crescendo As Parties Hold Rallies Across India To Woo Voters

NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Campaigning for upcoming local elections here in the Indian capital reached a crescendo, as different political parties are trying hard to woo voters to their side. Thursday (today) will mark the last day of campaigning for the elections in the city. Almost all the…

Emirates’ Mohammed Bin Rashid Receives GCC Secretary-General

DUBAI, Feb 5 (NNN-WAM) – Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, received, at the Zaabeel Palace, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. Al Zayani paid a farewell visit to Sheikh Mohammed, as…

Human Trafficking Of Women, Children In Indian States On The Rise

MUMBAI, Feb 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Human trafficking of women and children, reached alarming proportion in India’s western state of Maharashtra, with 28,316; 29,279 and 33,964 of them missing, in 2016; 2017 and 2018, respectively, media quoted figures from the National Crime Records Bureau as reporting. India’s financial capital, Mumbai and…

Brunei, UK Boost Defence Ties

LONDON, Feb 5 (NNN-BB NEWS) – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, consented to sign the exchange of letters, in the field of defence, with British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, at No 10, Downing Street, London, yesterday. Accompanying the Sultan was his son, Prince ‘Abdul Mateen. Earlier, the Sultan attended…

Brunei Sees 17 Percent Increase In Cancer Cases During 2014-2018

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 5 (NNN-BB NEWS) – Cancer patients in Brunei have increased by 17 percent from 2014 to 2018, compared to the period of between 2009 to 2013, Health Minister, Haji Mohammad Isham, said. According to the minister, on World Cancer Day, which fell on Tuesday (yesterday), about…

Lebanon Arrests Four Daesh Members

BEIRUT, Feb 5 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s state security arrested, on Tuesday, four Syrian nationals, for joining the Daesh militant group. The Syrians admitted to participating in the 2014 Daesh attack on military centres in Arsal, about 124 km northeast of the capital Beirut, and to seizing weapons of the Lebanese…

Iran, EU Vow To Enhance Cooperation, Interaction To Settle Issues

TEHRAN, Feb 5 (NNN-IRNA) – The visiting EU representative and Iranian senior officials, expressed their readiness to boost cooperation, in the matters of the Iranian nuclear programme, regional security and others. Josep Borrell, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, announced that, the European states will do their…

Sri Lanka Drops Tamil Version Of National Anthem From Independence Day Celebrations

COLOMBO, fEB 5 (NNN-SL NEWS) – Sri Lanka on Tuesday, dropped the rendering of the Tamil-version of the national anthem from its Independence Day ceremony, for the first time since 2016, raising concerns over the government’s policy for national reconciliation, after the end of the brutal civil war against the…

UN Totally Committed To Two-State Solution To Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Guterres

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said, the UN is totally committed to the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “We are totally committed to the two-state solution. And we are totally committed to supporting Israelis and Palestinians, to come to a peace process with the…