Foreign Tourist Number To Thailand Reach 39 Million, Up Four Percent

BANGKOK, Dec 28 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand, on Friday, welcomed the 39 millionth tourist, arriving at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. The campaign: “Thailand’s Luckiest Visitor, the Amazing Smashing Success” was launched by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), and targets the number 39 million tourist to arrive in Thailand. Awaiting for the…

China’s Largest Carrier Rocket Long March-5 Makes New Flight

by Xinhua Writers Yu Fei, Quan Xiaoshu WENCHANG, Hainan, Dec 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – China launched the third Long March-5, the largest carrier rocket of the country, from Wenchang Space Launch Centre, in south China’s Hainan Province on Friday. The rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y3, blasted off from the coastal…

Update: Death Toll From Philippine Typhoon Rises To 28

MANILA, Dec 27 (NNN-ABN) – The death toll from Typhoon Phanfone, that pounded the central Philippines with heavy rains and strong winds beginning on Tuesday, climbed to 28, the government said on Friday (today). The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said, 13 died in Iloilo, four…

Cambodia Arrests Man For Trafficking 20 Kilos Of Drugs From Thailand

PHNOM PENH, Dec 27 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian anti-drug police, arrested a local man for allegedly smuggling 20 kilograms of illicit drugs from Thailand into Cambodia, the National Police reported, Thursday. Pin Nissa, 24, was caught on Wednesday afternoon, after he trafficked the drugs through the An Ses border checkpoint, in…

Iraqi President Ready To Resign Amid Political Row

BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi President, Barham Salih, expressed his readiness to submit his resignation to parliament, after he refused to appoint the candidate, Asad al-Eidani, as prime minister-designate, the Iraqi official television reported. In a letter sent to Parliament Speaker, Mohammed al-Halbousi, Salih rejected the nomination of al-Eidani,…

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait To Resume Oil Production In Joint Oilfields

RIYADH, Dec 27 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia and Kuwait launched the countdown, to resume oil production in their joint oilfields in the shared Neutral Zone. Saudi Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Kuwaiti Minister of Electricity and Water, Khaled Al-Fadil, launched the countdown during a visit…

1,400 Syrian Refugees Return Home From Lebanon

BEIRUT, Dec 27 (NNN-NNA) – Around 1,400 Syrian refugees returned to their homeland, from different areas in Lebanon on Thursday, local media reported. The refugees returned under the supervision of Lebanon’s general security, in cooperation with Syria’ general security, according to Elnashra, an online independent newspaper. More than one million…

20 Foreign Daesh Suspects Detained In Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec 27 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish police, on Thursday, detained 20 foreign nationals and a Turkish citizen, in Istanbul, over their suspected links to the Daesh militant group. Police launched operations simultaneously, in 48 locations across the city, to capture the suspects, who were believed to have been planning…

Jordan’s Public Debt Hits 42 Billion USD

AMMAN, Dec 27 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s total public debt increased, in the first ten months of 2019, to 30,194 billion dinars (around 42 billion U.S. dollars). According to figures by the Jordanian finance ministry, the total debt accounted for 96.9 percent of the gross domestic product, by the end of…

Iran Increases Natural Gas Extraction From South Pars Gas Field

TEHRAN, Iran, Dec 27 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran begins extraction of natural gas from an offshore rig, at South Pars gas field in the Gulf, on Thursday, Press TV reported. The extraction of gas will add some 14.2 million cubic metres a day, to its current output of more than 800…