China Is Philippines’ Top Source Of Imports In March: Statistics

MANILA, Philippines, May 8 (NNN-PNA) – China was the country’s largest supplier of imported goods with 21.4 percent of total imports in March this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported today (Wednesday). The PSA said, import payments from China and the top nine countries or regions amounted to 6.85…

Border Guards Arrest Two Drug Traffickers In Northern Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam, May 8 (NNN-VNA) – Border guards of Vietnam’s northern Nam Dinh province, have arrested two Vietnamese men for illegally transporting 10 cakes of heroin. The duo aged 34 and 38 from northern Thanh Hoa province and central Nghe An province, respectively, were caught red-handed, trafficking the drug in…

World’s First “Zero Waste” Flight Takes Off In Australia

SYDNEY, Australia, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The first-ever commercial flight to produce “zero waste” has taken to the skies today (Wednesday), as part of a new initiative from the Australian airline Qantas, to cut single-use plastics that end up in landfill. Flying from Sydney to Adelaide, all products and packaging…

Nine Killed In Blast Near Shrine In Pakistan’s Lahore

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 8 (NNN-PPI) – At least nine people, including three policemen, were killed and 24 others injured this morning, in a blast near a police vehicle, outside a shrine, in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, a police official said. Deputy Inspector General of Police Operations, Ashfaq Ahmad, told…

Two Children Killed As Car Rams Into Preschoolers In Western Japan

TOKYO, Japan, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two children died after a vehicle rammed into more than 10 preschoolers from a daycare centre in western Japan, local media reported today. According to Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, the motorist hit a group of 13 children aged between two and three years old.…

Nepali PM To Visit Vietnam, Cambodia From May 9-15

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 8 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Nepali Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, is visiting Vietnam and Cambodia from May 9 to 15, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said here, on Tuesday. Oli is paying an official visit to Vietnam on May 9-13, and to Cambodia on May 13-15, according to…

Syrian Army Starts Operation Against Rebels In Hama

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 8 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian army has started an operation against the rebels, in the northern countryside of the central province of Hama, the pro-government al-Watan newspaper reported, Tuesday. Buoyed by artillery shelling and air strikes, the army succeeded over the past hours in capturing three towns…

UAE To Lift Travel Warning On Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 8 (NNN-NNA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will lift the travel warning on Lebanon soon. “A team from the Department of Civil Aviation of the UAE is meeting with the Lebanese Civil Aviation team, to study some technical matters,” said Hamad Bin Saeed Al Shamsi, UAE…

Five Daesh Militants Killed In Air Strike In Western Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 8 (NNN-NINA) – Five Daesh militants were killed on Tuesday, in an air strike by an army gunship, in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, the Ministry of Defence said. The incident took place when the gunship came under fire, while flinging on an area located north of…

Turkish Financial Markets Tumble After Decision To Renew Istanbul Elections

ANKARA, Turkey, May 8 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish financial markets tumbled on Tuesday, after the country’s top electoral body ruled to re-run Istanbul mayoral elections, with the lira down 1.28 percent to its weakest level, since the aftermath of last year’s currency crisis. The Turkish lira stood at 6.16 against the…