Former Malaysian Deputy PM Slapped With Additional Charge Over Criminal Breach Of Trust

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, was slapped with an additional charge for criminal breach of trust, today (Wednesday). Zahid, who is also president of the former ruling party, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), pleaded not guilty, at a Kuala Lumpur…

Philippines Declares Sept 3 As National Holiday To Commemorate “Yamashita’s Surrender”

MANILA, Philippines, Feb 20 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, declared Sept 3, a country-wide special working public holiday, in commemoration of the surrender of the Japanese military forces led by Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio city, during World War II, the presidential office said. Yamashita was later tried for…

Vietnam’s President To Visit Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos, Feb 20 (NNN-VNA) – The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, and his delegation, will visit Laos this coming Sunday and Monday, the Lao News Agency reported, on Tuesday. Trong and his delegation will pay a goodwill visit to…

Japanese ASDF Fighter Jet Crashes Into Sea, Two Crew Members Rescued

TOKYO, Japan, Feb 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Japanese fighter jet crashed into the Sea of Japan, during a training drill Wednesday morning, but its two crew members were rescued. The Japanese Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF) F-2 fighter jet, went missing from radar around 9:18 a.m. local time, off the coast…

Laos Issues New Rules For Foreign Marriages

VIENTIANE, Laos, Feb 20 (NNN-KPL) – New guidelines have been issued, advising foreign nationals of additional rules they must comply with, if they wish to marry a Lao citizen. According to the guidelines, which have been posted on the gazette website, hosted by the Ministry of Justice, foreigners who want…

Military Officials From Central And South Asia, U.S. To Meet In Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Military chiefs of Central and South Asian countries, as well as, the United States, will gather here Thursday (tomorrow), to discuss security issues and the situation in Afghanistan, the Uzbek Defence Ministry said today. “Chiefs of staff of the armed forces of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,…

Australians Spending More Than 6.6 Billion USD On Illicit Drugs: Report

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Australians are spending billions of dollars on illicit drugs every year, an analysis of the nation’s wastewater revealed. The sixth annual Wastewater Drug Monitoring Programme report found that, Australians consumed 9.6 tonnes of methylamphetamine, four tonnes of cocaine, 1.1 tonnes of MDMA and 750…

5.9 Magnitude Quake Rocks Eastern Indonesia

The Central Sulawesi provincial capital of Palu after hit by a deadly earthquake last September 2018. Photo courtesy Antara photo JAKARTA, Indonesia, Feb 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 shook Ternate, North Maluku Province, on Wednesday at 7:10 a.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB). The tremor`s epicenter was…

Australian “Little Brown Rat” The First Mammal To Go Extinct From Climate Change

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian government confirmed the first known extinction of a mammal, as a result of human-induced climate change. Melissa Price, Australia’s Minister for the Environment, announced that, the status of the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent native to Bramble Cay, the northernmost of…

Bodies Of Six Civilians Abducted By Daesh Found In Western Iraq

Photo courtesy Anadolu BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Iraqi security forces, found bodies of six civilians, abducted the day before, by Daesh militants in Iraq’s western province of Anbar. Security forces launched a search operation during the day, to track eight civilians abducted on Monday by Daesh extremist militants…