Brunei, Singapore To Strengthen Agri-food Collaboration

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 4 (NNN-BB NEWS) – Brunei and Singapore announced the establishment of a bilateral “Co-Working Group in Agri-food,” with a goal to facilitate collaboration between private sector agribusiness-based firms in the two countries. The co-working group was co-announced by Brunei’s Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the…

Export Of Thai Gems And Jewellery Rises Despite Turbulence In World Economy

Deputy Commerce Minister, Weerasak Wangsuphakijkosol, said that, of exports, gold alone accounted for 6.212 billion dollars, an increase of 107.16 percent year-on-year. BANGKOK, Oct 4 (NNN-TNA) – The value of Thailand’s gems and jewellery export reached 11.452 billion U.S. dollars, in the first eight months of 2019, up 45.81 percent…

Bangladeshi PM Arrives In Delhi For 4-Day Official Visit

NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (NNN-PTI) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday evening, for a four-day official visit. This is Hasina’s first visit to India, after emerging victorious for the third consecutive term, and also after the recent general elections in India, throwing a convincing…

Moderate Quake Strikes Off Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua on Thursday evening, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake struck at 21:33 p.m. Jakarta time (1433 GMT), with epicentre at 31 km southeast of Mamberamo Tengah, and four km…

Heavy Rains, Storm Suspend Operations At Delhi Airport

NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (NNN-PTI) – Flight operations at Delhi’s ‘Indira Gandhi International Airport’ remained suspended, between 19:56 to 20:22 hours on Thursday due to heavy rains and lightening, said media reports. People in the Indian capital city were caught unawares by the unexpected heavy rains, which lashed parts of…

Four Police Officers Killed, Five Wounded In Paris Knife Attack

PARIS, Oct 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four police officers were killed and five others wounded, in a knife attack at Paris police headquarters on Thursday afternoon. The assailant, identified as an administration worker in the intelligence unit, stabbed to death four of his colleagues, inside the police prefecture after 12 noon…

Vietnam, Laos Agree To Cement Ties

HANOI, Oct 2 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and his visiting Lao counterpart, Thongloun Sisoulith, agreed to facilitate all-level visits, enhance sharing of experience in socioeconomic development, and encourage the two countries’ government agencies to expand ties. The two leaders also vowed to continue implementing border treaties…

Nearly 200 Human Trafficking Cases Exposed Across Myanmar In Nine Months

YANGON, Oct 2 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar police have exposed a total of 191 human trafficking cases across the country, in the first nine months of this year, according to figures released by the Anti-Trafficking Police Force today (Wednesday). From Jan to Sept this year, 556 traffickers were charged in connection…

12 Drug Traffickers Arrested In Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Afghan police have arrested 12 drug traffickers, within the past seven days, authorities said on Wednesday (today). “Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) and detective security organisations, arrested 12 suspects linked to 11 cases of transportation or keeping of narcotics from different provinces,” Counter-Narcotics…

Typhoon Mitag Approaches Southern South Korea

SEOUL, Oct 2 (NNN-YONHAP) – This year’s 18th typhoon Mitag is approaching the southern regions of South Korea, the country’s weather service said today. The mid-strength typhoon is forecast to make a landfall in waters near the country’s southwest port city of Mokpo, at about midnight, according to the Korea…