Five Die In Fire At Cloth Store In Western India

MUMBAI, India, May 9 (NNN-PTI) – At least five people died in a cloth store, in a fire incident, early on Thursday morning, at Urali Devachi in Pune, India’s Maharashtra state. The five labourers were asleep inside the cloth store, when the fire broke out, at around 4:30 a.m. local…

Chinese Visitors Help Brunei Record Historical High Tourist Air Arrivals

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei, May 9 (NNN-PELITA BRUNEI) – Brunei’s international tourist air arrivals hit historical highs last year, on support from Chinese visitors, according to statistics provided by the Tourism Development Department, under the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, on Thursday. Data from the 2018 Tourism Statistics report,…

Vietnam’s HCM City Calls For 53 Billion USD Investment Projects

HANOI, Vietnam, May 9 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City is currently seeking more than 53 billion U.S. dollars in investment, for 210 projects in transport infrastructure, education, healthcare, tourism, trade and services, and sport and tourism, local daily newspaper Vietnam News reported today (Thursday). Of the 210 projects,…

China To Cooperate With Pakistan Against Illegal Cross-National Matchmaking

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 9 (NNN-PPI) – China is willing to closely coordinate with Pakistan’s law enforcement department, to counter illegal cross-national matchmaking, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad said. The embassy issued the statement, after a delegation from the Crime Investigation Department of the Chinese Public Security Ministry visited Pakistan, and…

Over 500 Foreign Daesh Men ‘Convicted’ In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 9 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi judiciary has tried and sentenced more than 500 foreigners, since the start of 2018, for joining Daesh, the country’s Supreme Court announced on Wednesday. It said, “514 verdicts were issued, for both men and women, while another 202 accused are still being interrogated…

Jordan’s Ministers Submit Resignation In Preparation For Cabinet Reshuffle

AMMAN, Jordan, May 9 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s Prime Minister, Omar Razzaz, on Wednesday, asked all ministers to resign, in preparation for a cabinet reshuffle. The premier said, the reshuffle is expected in the next few days. The reshuffle is to deal with the upcoming stage that requires more efforts to…

Kuwait Ports Corporation Achieves Highest Profits Since Inception

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait, May 9 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait Ports Corporation (KPA), achieved the highest net profit since its establishment, during fiscal year 2018-2019, in revenues of 97 million Kuwaiti dinars (318.76 million U.S. dollars), Sheikh Yousef Abdullah Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah, director general of KPA, announced, on Wednesday. At a press…

IRGC Says “Enemies” Have No More Options To Confront Iran

TEHRAN, Iran, May 9 (NNN-IRNA) – The Chief Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, said Wednesday, that, “Iranian enemies” have no more options to use against the Islamic republic. Salami said, although “confrontation between Iran and the arrogant western powers has reached its highest point,” the…

Iraq Signs 1.07-Billion-USD Deal With Chinese Company To Process Gas In Halfaya Oilfield

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 9 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq and a Chinese company signed, on Wednesday, a 1.07-billion-U.S. dollar agreement, to process associated gas, extracted from Iraq’s southern giant Halfaya oilfield. In the signing ceremony, at the Iraqi Oil Ministry in Baghdad, PetroChina, which is the listed arm of state-owned China National…

Two Killed In Motorcycle Blast In Northern Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 9 (NNN-SANA) – At least two people were killed and four others wounded, on Wednesday, by the blast of a motorcycle in northern Syria, a war monitor reported. The booby-trapped motorcycle went off, in the western countryside of the Kurdish-controlled Manbij city, in the northern countryside of…