AU Peace And Security Council To Gather In Morocco Tomorrow

RABAT, Morocco, June 23 (NNN-MAP) – The Peace and Security Council of African Union (AU), will gather in the Moroccan seaside town of Skhirat tomorrow (Monday), the Moroccan Foreign Affairs Ministry announced. This three-day gathering, held ahead of Morocco’s upcoming presidency of the Council, will examine the peace-building actions in…

ASEAN Leaders Adopt Bangkok Declaration On Combating Marine Debris

BANGKOK, Thailand, June 23 (NNN-TNA) – Leaders from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on Saturday, adopted the Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN Region, here, during the 34th ASEAN Summit. The leaders agree to encourage an integrated land-to-sea approach, to prevent and reduce…

U.S. To Impose Major Sanctions Against Iran Tomorrow

WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – President Donald Trump, said that, the United States would impose major additional sanctions against Iran on Monday (tomorrow). “We are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday,” Trump tweeted, without providing any details. “Iran cannot have Nuclear Weapons!” he stressed. Before leaving for Camp…

Sri Lanka President Further Extends State Of Emergency

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 22 (NNN-SL NEWS) – Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirisena, on Saturday (today), extended the state of emergency by a further one month, considering the security situation in the country. The president signed an extraordinary gazette notification, which said the emergency was in effect for public security,…

Local Commander Among Nine Militants Killed In S. Afghanistan Air Strikes

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Air strikes on the militants’ positions in the turbulent Shah Walikot district of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, have killed at least nine insurgents, including a local commander, a spokesman for the provincial police, Mohammad Qasim Azad, said today (Saturday). The sorties were conducted on…

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…