India Art Fair 2020 Held In New Delhi

NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (NNN-PTI) – Since its inception in 2008, the India Art Fair (IAF) has been a celebration of South Asian modern and contemporary art, and is the biggest exhibition of the same in the country. The 12th edition of this Delhi-based fair is being held from Jan…

Bangladeshi Opposition Rejects Major City Polls, Calls Strike For Today

DHAKA, Feb 2 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s largest opposition party, called for a dawn-to-dusk strike for today (Sunday), in the capital Dhaka, rejecting the results of two major city polls. At a press conference in Dhaka, hours after the city corporation polls, ex-Prime Minister, Khaleda Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)…

Iran Starts 10-Day Celebrations For Anniversary Of Victory Of 1979 Islamic Revolution

TEHRAN, Feb 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran on Saturday, started 10-day Fajr (Dawn) celebrations, for the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The first day of the celebrations, on Feb 1 (yesterday), marked the return of Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini, the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, to…

Palestinian President To Cut Relations With Israel, U.S. Over Trump’s Peace Deal

CAIRO, Feb 2 (NNN-MENA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said here that, his authority informed the Israeli and U.S. sides that it will “cut all relations” with them, over the recently released U.S. peace plan. “We told the Israelis that we will not have any relations with them or with…

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Reach Agreement On Filling, Operating New Nile Dam

CAIRO, Feb 1 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, reached an agreement, over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Nile River, according to the Egyptian foreign ministry. In a statement, the ministry said, the foreign ministers and water resources ministers of the three countries, issued a joint…

S.Korea’s Export Keeps Falling For 14 Months To Jan

SEOUL, Feb 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export kept falling for 14 straight months through Jan, on the lowered number of working days, caused by the Lunar New Year holiday, a government report showed today. Export, which takes up about half of the export-driven economy, amounted to 43.35 billion U.S.…

Lao Food Festival 2020 Held To Promote Female Entrepreneurs

VIENTIANE, Feb 1 (NNN-KPL) – A large number of Lao, foreign visitors, as well as, Vientiane residents, attended Lao Food Festival 2020, held at Chao Anouvong Park, Vientiane Capital, on Jan 28-31. During the four-day event, there was cooking competition, participated by chefs from northern, central and southern regions of…

Cambodian PM To Pay Working Visit To South Korea Next Week

PHNOM PENH, Feb 1 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, will pay a working visit to South Korea, on Feb 3-5, said a foreign affairs ministry’s statement. In Seoul, Hun Sen will attend the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) World Summit 2020, on Peace, Security and Human Development,…

Hamas Deputy Chief Calls On Palestinian Authority To Withdraw Recognition Of Israel

GAZA, Feb 1 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Hamas official, called on the Palestinian Authority, to withdraw its recognition of Israel, in response to the U.S. Middle East peace plan. Palestinians “should upgrade the stage of all types of comprehensive resistance, to topple the U.S. deal,” Khalil al-Hayyah, deputy chief of…

50 Palestinians Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In West Bank, Gaza

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 1 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 50 Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, medics said. The clashes happened during demonstrations against the U.S. Middle East peace plan, known as the Deal of the Century. Earlier on…