Kazakhstan To Modernise Over 3,000 Villages By 2024

NUR-SULTAN, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakhstan plans to modernise 3,477 villages by 2024, in accordance with new regional standards, making drinking water, repaired roads and basic social facilities available, in the most remote rural areas, First Deputy Prime Minister, Alikhan Smailov, said, at a Nur Otan Party session. “The government…

Three Saudi Organisations Announce Cooperation To Localise Military Industries

RIYADH, Nov 25 (NNN-SPA) – Three Saudi organisations announced on Sunday, cooperation to localise military industries, it was reported. The General Authority of Military Industries, Economic Cities Authorities and King Abdullah Economic City, highlighted that, the cooperation aims to reach 50 percent of localisation of military industries in Saudi Arabia,…

Myanmar Military Seizes Large Amount Of Arms, Ammunition In Fight With Insurgents

YANGON, Nov 25 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s armed forces seized large amount of arms and ammunition in Namsang township, northern Shan state, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services said. The seizure was made during an encounter between a military column and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), near…

UAE’s Mohamed Bin Zayed Receives French Minister Of Armed Forces

ABU DHABI, Nov 24 (NNN-WAM) – Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE’s Armed Forces, received Florence Parly, French Minister of Armed Forces. Sheikh Mohamed and the French minister discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance cooperation between the…

Brazilian Federal Court Orders Disclosure Of Environment Minister’s Bank, Tax Records

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 24 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – A Brazilian federal court in Sao Paulo ordered the disclosure of the bank and tax records of Environment Minister, Ricardo Salles. The disclosure was granted, as part of an investigation carried out by the Sao Paulo Prosecution Office, into the suspected illicit…

37 Confirmed Dead In Kenyan Landslide

NAIROBI, Nov 24 (NNN-KBC) – Kenyan officials, on Saturday, confirmed that 37 people had died, as a result of landslides that hit the northwestern county of West Pokot, following heavy downpour on Friday night, according to local media. Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, sent condolences to the bereaved families in a…

New Zealand Foreign Minister To Visit United Arab Emirates

WELLINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-WAM) – New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, will travel on Tuesday to the United Arab Emirates, for a five-day visit, a government statement announced on Sunday (today). “New Zealand enjoys a dynamic and wide-ranging relationship with the UAE, an important partner for New Zealand in…

Chinese Firms Sign 184-Million-USD Deals To Purchase Goods From Laos

KUNMING, China, Nov 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese companies, signed contracts worth 1.3 billion yuan (about 184 million U.S. dollars) to purchase goods, mainly agricultural products, from their Laos counterparts. The deals were signed as the 2019 Sino-Laos Investment Fair concluded Friday, in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province. A…

Orthodox Jews Opening Up Their Wallets For Trump In 2020

NEW YORK, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Hanukkah came a month early for Donald Trump this year. Though he polls as generally unpopular with Jews and has even been accused of making anti-Semitic remarks in office, New York’s Orthodox enclaves are kvelling over the president — and even raised $4 million…

Israel Closes Down West Bank Mosque As Settlers Flock To Mark Jewish Holiday

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Nov 24 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli forces closed down the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank’s southern city of Hebron to Palestinians, as thousands of Israeli settlers flock into the city, to mark a Jewish holiday. Israeli forces also shut a main road leading to Hebron’s central market, to…