Kuwait To Launch Project To Enhance Youth Role

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 8 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait will launch a youth media and art project on Sept 29, to enhance the role of youth, Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, director general of Kuwait’s Youth Public Authority (YPA) said. Called Academy of Arts and Media, the project will last eight weeks, Al-Mutairi said at…

Nepal, China To Establish Industrial Park In Chitwan

KATHMANDU, Sept 8 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Nepal and China are planning to establish an industrial park in Chitwan, a southern district in central Nepal, with the aim of developing the area as a hub of comprehensive industrial manufacturing and processing centre. The Embassy of Nepal to China and the Economic Joint…

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A University Student Near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Sept 8 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday, a young female student of Birzeit University, after storming her home in al-Biereh city, near Ramallah. Media sources in Ramallah said, several army jeeps invaded al-Biereh, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked Sameh Jaradat’s home, and abducted her. It…

Israeli Artillery Shells Southern Gaza, No Injuries Reported

GAZA, Palestine, Sept 8 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli army artillery shelled Rafah town in southern Gaza Strip on Saturday night, causing no injuries, Palestinian security sources said. After firing an explosive device by a drone, Israeli army shelled a military lookout post of Islamic Hamas movement’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, in…

Large Haul Of Stimulant Tablets, Marijuana Seized In Myanmar’s Western State

YANGON, Sept 8 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized large haul of narcotic drugs, including 454,670 stimulant tablets and four kilograms of marijuana, in Rakhine state, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), on Saturday. Stimulant tablets worth over 909 million kyats (606,227 U.S. dollars) were confiscated from…

Industry Minister Opens Largest Underwater Theme Park In Bahrain

MANAMA, Sept 7 (NNN-BNA) – Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, officially inaugurated the largest underwater theme park, Dive Bahrain, which was announced by Personal Representative of the King, Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, President of the Supreme Council for Environment. The initial phase…

Thailand Hosts 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting

BANGKOK, Sept 7 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand is hosting the 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting and related meetings, with Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha delivering a welcoming speech, on Friday. The prime minister spoke highly of ASEAN’s achievements since its establishment 52 years ago, including ASEAN Free Trade Area, which promotes free…

Parcel Explosion In Vietnam Injures At Least Two

HANOI, Vietnam, Sept 7 (NNN-VNA) – A parcel exploded in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, on Saturday (this) morning, injuring at least two local youths. A young man was seen opening a parcel, in the form of a gift box, on a pavement in Hoang Mai district, when suddenly, the parcel exploded,…

Seven Injured In Southern Philippine Explosion

MANILA, Philippines, Sept 7 (NNN-PNA) – At least seven people were injured, after an improvised bomb exploded on Saturday (today), in the southern Philippine province of Sultan Kudarat. Police said, the improvised explosive device went off at around 7.00 a.m. in front of a market, along a highway in Isulan,…

China, Turkey Sign Two MoU’s To Boost Trade

ANKARA, Sept 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Turkey and China signed two memorandums of understanding (MoU’s) on Friday, in a joint trade forum to boost bilateral trade. The agreements were concluded on the China-Turkey Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum, held in Turkey’s Aegean city of Izmir. The deals were inked between Shanghai…