Myanmar’s Foreign Trade Deficit Registers 1.05 Billion USD In FY 2018-19

YANGON, Myanmar, June 22 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar registered 1.05 billion U.S. dollars of trade deficit, as of June 14, in present fiscal year (FY) 2018-2019, according to the Commerce Ministry on Saturday (today). From Oct, 2018, to June 14 this year, the country’s export value reached 11.8 billion U.S. dollars,…

Fire Breaks Out At Under-Construction Warship In Mumbai’s Mazgaon Dockyard, One Dead

MUMBAI, India, June 22 (NNN-PTI) – A fire broke out at a naval under-construction warship at Mazgaon Dockyard, located in Indian commercial centre Mumbai’s eastern sea-front on Friday evening. One person is suspected to be trapped inside, said the fire brigade. “Fire is confined on the second and third decks…

Georgian Parliament Speaker Steps Down Amid Mass Protests

TBILISI, Georgia, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Georgian Parliament Speaker, Irakli Kobakhidze, resigned on Friday, amid mass protests in the capital, Tbilisi, Secretary General of the ruling Georgia Dream party, Kakha Kaladze, said. The decision by Kobakhidze to resign was another demonstration of the high standard of responsibility, established by the…

Iran Shows Images Of U.S. Drone Wreckage

TEHRAN, Iran, June 22 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s state TV, on Friday, showed images of the wreckage of the U.S. navy drone, downed by Iran a day earlier. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) denied U.S. claims that, its unmanned aircraft “was flying over international waters when it was shot,” according…

Saudi-Led Coalition Destroys Houthi Booby-Trapped Boats Off Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Yemen, June 22 (NNN-SABA) – War planes of the Saudi-led Arab coalition, launched air strikes and destroyed Houthi booby-trapped boats off Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah. Waddah Dubaish, spokesman for the joint pro-government forces, in the country’s western coast, said, “several predawn air strikes struck around nine booby-trapped boats…

Tunisian Security Foils Six Illegal Immigration Attempts

TUNIS, Tunisia, June 22 (NNN-TAP) – Tunisian maritime guard units, have foiled six attempts of illegal immigration to Italy, from the Tunisian coasts, said an official statement on Friday. “Altogether 47 Tunisian people were arrested and six fishing boats were seized, during the illegal immigration attempts,” said Houssem Jbabli, spokesman…

Thousands Of Jordanians Protest Against Bahrain Workshop, U.S. Peace Plan

AMMAN, Jordan, June 22 (NNN-PETRA) – Thousands of Jordanians took to the street on Friday, voicing rejection of the upcoming Bahrain workshop and the new U.S. Mideast peace plan known as the “Deal of the Century.” The participants called for severing ties with Israel and annulling the peace treaty which…

Lebanese, Iranian Universities Sign Cooperation Agreements

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 22 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese University, signed an agreement with Tehran’s Allameh Tabataba’i University, aimed at exchanging professors, students and creating a common PhD programme. The two universities agreed to cooperate in creating scientific studies. They will also cooperate in translating books and studies from Arabic to…

Two Hashd Shaabi Members Killed In Bomb Attack In Central Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 22 (NNN-NINA) – Two paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members, including the leader of a regiment, were killed on Friday, and two others wounded, in a bomb explosion in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a Hashd Shaabi official said. The incident took place in the afternoon, when a roadside…

Iran Denies Receiving U.S. Message Via Oman

TEHRAN, Iran, June 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), on Friday, denied that it has received U.S. President, Donald Trump’s message to Iran via Oman. “The United States has sent no letter to Iran through Oman,” SNSC spokesman, Keivan Khosravi, was quoted as saying. “This issue is…