All Vietnamese Localities Hit By African Swine Fever

HANOI, Sept 4 (NNN-VNA) – All Vietnam’s localities have been stricken by the African swine fever (ASF), after Central Ninh Thuan province recorded cases of the animal disease. Specimens from pigs raised by a household in the province’s Ninh Son district have tested positive to the ASF virus, according to…

ASEAN Countries Urged To Work Collectively Against Terrorism

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept 4 (NNN-BB NEWS) -Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), should work collectively, to combat terrorism, Brunei Police Commissioner, Mohammad Irwan said, on Tuesday. Speaking at the 28th Joint ASEAN Senior Police Officers’ Course, Irwan said, the ACCPCM aims to speed up the…

Qatar’s Central Bank Issues 164 Million USD Treasury Bills

DOHA, Qatar, Sept 4 (NNN-QNA) – Qatar Central Bank (QCB), on Tuesday, issued treasury bills for three, six and nine months, with a value of 600 million Qatari riyals (roughly 164 million U.S. dollars), the bank said in a statement. “The step is part of the QCB’s monetary policy initiatives…

Lebanese PM To Visit UAE To Discuss Trade Ties

BEIRUT, Sept 4 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Oct, to explore business opportunities in the country, UAE Ambassador to Lebanon, Hamad Bin Saeed Al Shamsi, said Tuesday. “The visit will aim at attracting Emirati investments to Lebanon,” Al Shamsi said…

Jordan Urges For Intensified Efforts To End Yemen Crisis

AMMAN, Sept 4 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan on Tuesday, called for intensified efforts to resolve the crisis in Yemen through a political solution. At a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, in Amman, Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ayman Safadi, underlined the need for implementing the Stockholm Agreement…

Kuwait-U.S. Summit To Discuss Gulf Tensions, Bilateral Ties

KUWAIT, Sept 4 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwaiti and U.S. leaders will discuss the Gulf tensions and bilateral ties, during a summit next week, U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, Lawrence Silverman said. Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who arrived in the U.S. on Monday, is scheduled to hold a summit on…

Turkey’s Ruling Party Starts Process To Expel Former PM, Lawmakers

ANKARA, Sept 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), decided to initiate the process to expel former Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, and three other former lawmakers over their fierce criticism of AKP’s policies, local media reported. In a meeting of the AKP’s central executive committee, chaired by…

Delegation Of Yemeni Southern Forces Arrives In Jeddah For Talks

ADEN, Yemen, Sept 4 (NNN-SABA) – A delegation of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) arrived in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jeddah, to participate in reconciliation talks with the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. “President of STC, Aidarous Zubaidi, along with a number of southern politicians arrived in Jeddah, in response to Saudi…

Nine Daesh Militants Killed In Operation In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept 4 (NNN-NINA) – Nine Daesh militants were killed Tuesday, in an operation in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said. An Iraqi force, known as Falcons intelligence unit, backed by U.S.-led international coalition’s aircraft, destroyed a tunnel in al-Sahaji area, in the southwest of the provincial…

UN Envoy Expresses Concern Over Saudi-Led Airstrikes On Yemen Prison

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, called the deadly Saudi-led airstrike on a prison in Yemen a tragedy, and said that, the human cost of this war is unbearable, a UN spokesman said. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,…