China, India Vow To Deepen Cooperation At 6th Strategic Economic Dialogue Held In India

NEW DELHI, Sept 10 (NNN-PTI) – The Sixth China-India Strategic Economic Dialogue, and the China-India Economic Cooperation Forum, were held here on Monday, with both sides exchanging views on macroeconomic policies and reaching consensus in pragmatic cooperation. During the dialogue, China and India reviewed progress of the working groups and…

Indonesia To Operate Toll Road Serving New Capital City Next Month

JAKARTA, Sept 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia is set to open a new toll road linking Samarinda and Balikpapan in East Kalimantan province, designed to pass through the nation’s planned new capital city, located between those two cities next month, an official supervising the project said. The new toll road will…

ASEAN Officials Discuss Industrial Revolution-Ready Workforce In Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Some 150 education officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met in Brunei on Monday, for the 5th High Officials Meeting on Southeast Asian Technical and Vocational Education and Training (SEA-TVET). The two-day meeting aims to find new strategies for collaboration…

Airstrikes Kill 18 Pro-Government Fighters In Eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 10 (NNN-SANA) – At least 18 pro-government fighters were killed in eastern Syria, by airstrikes after mid-night, a war monitor reported on Monday. Unknown warplanes carried out airstrikes against Iranian-run military bases and weapon depots in the Al-Bukamal city and nearby areas in the eastern countryside of Deir…

Israeli Drone Crashes In Lebanon: Army

JERUSALEM, Sept 10 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s army said on Monday, that one of its drones fell in southern Lebanon. A military spokeswoman, said that, a small surveillance drone crashed over southern Lebanon before dawn, “during a routine activity in the area.” “There was no concern that information could be downloaded…

Roadside Bomb Blast Kills Two Children In Southern Yemen

ADEN, Sept 10 (NNN-SABA) – Two children were killed and three others injured, in a roadside bomb blast in Yemen’s southern province of Lahj, on Monday, a security official said. He said that “all the victims were members of one family and accidentally walked through a roadside bomb placed near…

Weapons Store Explosion Leaves Six Citizens Killed In Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Yemen, Sept 10 (NNN-SABA) – At least six Yemenis were killed and several others injured when an explosion rocked a weapons store, in the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. The pro-government military source, said that, “a huge explosion rocked an abandoned plastic factory, used by the Houthis…

Lebanon’s Defence Minister Calls For Border Control With Syria To Stop Smuggling

BEIRUT, Sept 10 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Defence Minister, Elias Bou Saab, emphasised the need to demarcate borders with Syria, in a bid to solve illegal issue. “We should demarcate borders and increase cooperation between the Lebanese and Syrian armies, to stop smuggling across the border,” Bou Saab said, during his…

EU Commission Proposes Providing 500 Million Euros To Jordan

AMMAN, Sept 10 (NNN-PETRA) – The European Commission proposed a new Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme for Jordan worth up to 500 million euros (552.67 million U.S. dollars), a delegation to Jordan said, Monday. The proposed financial assistance aims to provide support to the ambitious Jordanian reform agenda, promoting jobs, growth…

Regional Forum On Environment Kicks Off In Kuwait

KUWAIT, Sept 10 (NNN-KUNA) – The ninth Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA), kicked off on Monday in Kuwait City. The forum is co-organised by IUCN ROWA and the Environment Public Authority of Kuwait. Mariam Al-Aqeel, Kuwait’s…