Extraordinary Session Of Mongolia’s Parliament Opens

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, March 18 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – The extraordinary session of Mongolia’s State Great Khural, the country’s parliament, opened here today (Monday), to review issues like revisions of taxation and mining laws. “Our country is now experiencing poverty and debt crisis. So, we all need to strengthen our unity,…

Death Toll Of Indonesia’s Flash Floods, Landslides Jumps To 77 As Search Efforts Continue

JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province has climbed to 77, with 116 others injured, a local official in charge of rescue efforts said. Spokesman of the search and rescue office in Jayapura district, Yudi Yanto, said, 41…

Iran Launches Four Phases Of Major Gas Field

TEHRAN, Iran, March 18 (NNN-ISNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, inaugurated four phases of the giant South Pars Gas Field on Sunday, Financial Tribune daily reported. Iran invested 11 billion U.S. dollars in the development of the four phases, Rouhani said, in the inauguration of Phases 13 and 22-24 of…

Comex 2019 Opens In Oman

MUCAT, Oman, March 18 (NNN-ONA) – The 29th Comex, Oman’s leading event of IT, telecommunications and technology, was opened on Sunday, under the auspices of Sayyid Kamil bin Fahad Al Said, assistant secretary-general of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The event, which is organised by the Information Technology…

Iran’s Non-Oil Trade With CIS Rises In 10 Months

TEHRAN, Iran, March 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran traded 4.31 million tonnes of non-oil commodities worth 2.24 billion U.S. dollars, with members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), during the 10-month period to Jan 20, 2019, Eghtesad Online news website reported. The figures registered 47.31 percent and 27.97 percent increases…

OPWP Announces Award Of Solar Power Project In Oman

MUSCAT, Oman, March 18 (NNN-ONA) — Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), member of government-owned Nama Group, announced the award of the Ibri II Solar Independent Power Project. Salim Al Aufi, undersecretary of Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas, said that, sustainability is at the forefront, as Oman embarks…

Chinese Envoy Highlights Political Solution To Preserve Syria’s Unity, Stability

AMMAN, Jordan, March 18 (NNN-PETRA) – China’s Special Envoy for Syria, Xie Xiaoyan, highlighted the need to intensify efforts of the international community, to end the Syrian crisis through a political solution that preserves Syria’s unity and stability. During his meeting with Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ayman Safadi, in…

Girl Killed In Landmine Blast In Southern Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, March 18 (NNN-SABA) – A landmine explosion killed a child and seriously injured another, in the government-controlled southern province of Lahj on Sunday. The landmine exploded when the two children passed on a dirt road in the village of Shuayb, which is controlled by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government,…

Israel’s Top Court Disqualifies Far-Right Candidate From Elections Over Suspected Racism

JERUSALEM, March 18 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Supreme Court, disqualified on Sunday, a far-right candidate accused of racism, from the general elections in early April. The court said that, Michael Ben-Ari, a candidate with the Union of Right-Wing Parties, a union of ultra-nationalist parties, cannot run for the national elections. In…

Two Soldiers Killed In Clash With PKK Militants In Northern Iraq

MOSUL, Iraq, March 18 (NNN-NINA) – A clash in northern Iraq killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded five Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, the Iraqi military said. A soldier asked the Turkish PKK militants to show their pass permission at a checkpoint, before the PKK vehicles ran over the soldier,…