Saudi Arabia Launches 88.8-Billion-USD Development Projects For Capital

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb 14 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia on Wednesday launched development projects worth 88.8 billion U.S. dollars for Riyadh, Al Arabiya TV reported. The projects aim to enhance the quality of life of the residents of the capital city, and cover sectors of education, health and investment, Al…

Death Toll In Terror Attack On Iran’s IRGC Forces Rises To 23: Statement

TEHRAN, Iran, Feb 14 (NNN-IRNA) – At least 23 members of the security forces were killed, in a suicide attack in Iran’s south-eastern Sistan and Baluchestan province on Wednesday, said a statement by Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). In the terrorist attack, 17 others were injured,…

Iraqi PM Meets BP Chief Over Development Of Iraqi Oil Fields

BAGHDAD, Iraq,m Feb 14 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, on Wednesday met with the visiting chief executive of British Petroleum (BP) group, over the company’s plans to develop oil fields in Iraq. According to a statement by the prime minister’s office, Abdul Mahdi and Robert Dudley discussed…

Laos Seeks To Become Regional Hub For Electricity Transmission By 2025

VIENTIANE, Laos, Feb 14 (NNN-KPL) – Laos is developing a strategic plan to become the network centre for a regional electricity transmission system by 2025. According to local daily, Vientiane Times, on Thursday, Sichard Boudshakittilath, director of the Energy Management Department, under the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines, recently…

Massive Fire Breaks Out In Factory In Delhi, No Casualties So Far

NEW DELHI, India, Feb 14 (NNN-PTI) – The fire that broke out in a factory in south-west Delhi’s Naraina industrial area on Thursday morning, is turning serious and yet to be extinguished, as more fire-tenders were called to the scene, said the Delhi Fire Department. No death or injury was…

Ceasefire Signatory Armed Group Robs Military Vehicle In Eastern Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar, Feb 14 (NNN-MNA) – An ethnic armed group of Myanmar, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), robbed a military vehicle in eastern Shan state. Members of the RCSS, also known as Shan State Army (SSA), stopped a military vehicle, carrying two commanding officers, between Mongyin and Kengtung,…

China-Laos Railway To Complete 90 Percent Bridge, Tunnel Construction This Year

VIENTIANE, Laos, Feb 14 (NNN-KPL) – Over 90 percent of the tendered bridge and tunnel projects of the China-Laos railway will be completed by the end of 2019, the construction company, said. Li Bingxuan, general manager of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), said, during the China-Laos Railway Construction Working…

Iraqi Pm Urges Increase Of Electricity Production To Fight Stifling Summer

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb 14 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, on Wednesday, reaffirmed the need to increase electricity production and achieve power stability, to fight the country’s stifling summer. Mahdi’s comments came, during his meeting with a ministerial energy committee, where he urged the Ministry of Electricity to…

Global Meeting For Investment Held In Oman

MUSCAT, Oman, Feb 14 (NNN-ONA) – A three-day meeting on investment, with the participation of 38 countries kicked off Wednesday, in the Omani capital, Muscat. The meeting aims at exchanging experiences and finding integrated solutions, to support emerging institutions and companies in the field of credit and investment guarantee, and…

Death Toll Rises To 15 In Nigeria’s Campaign Rally Stampede

ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from a stampede during an election campaign rally on Tuesday, in Nigeria’s southern state of Rivers, has risen to 15, a hospital spokesman revealed, Wednesday. Kem Daniel-Elebiga, spokesman of the Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, said, casualty data from the hospital’s emergency…