Pakistan’s Finance Minister Stresses To Enhance Trade Ties With Regional Countries

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb 12 (NNN-PPI) – Pakistani Finance Minister, Asad Umar, stressed the need to enhance trade ties with neighbouring countries to boost the country’s economy, local reports said. Addressing a ceremony at the Peshawar Chamber of Commerce, Umar said that, “Pakistan needs to improve relations and boost trade with…

Indonesia Concerned About Threat Of Spreading Terrorist Fighters

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – With Daesh’s defeat in Syria, Indonesia has observed the shifting to the region, among others, of its propaganda, radicalisation and recruitment, a senior Indonesian diplomat said Monday. Dian Triansyah Djani, permanent representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, was speaking at a United Nations…

S. Korea Chooses Seoul To Bid For Olympics With DPRK – Report

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, right, speaks during the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee general assembly at the National Training Center in Jincheon, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. South Korea has chosen its capital, Seoul, for its bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, which it hopes to jointly host with…

Vietnamese Arrested For Transporting Illicit Drug From Laos To Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam, Feb 12 (NNN-VNA) – A 47-year-old man from Vietnam’s central Thanh Hoa province, has been caught red-handed, transporting 10 kg of crystal methamphetamine from Laos to the province, the provincial police announced on Monday. Local police caught Loc Van Duong on Sunday night, when he was transporting the…

UAE Energy Minister Expects Oil Market To Reach Balance In Q1

DUBAI, United Arab Emirate, Feb 12 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates’ (UAEs’) Minister of Energy, Suhail Al Mazroui, said that, he expected the oil market to reach balance in the first quarter of 2019. Mazroui told Al Arabiya news channel that he was satisfied with the agreement on supply…

Palestinian FM Accuses U.S. Of Pressuring Arab States To Stop Aid To Palestine

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 12 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, said that, the United States is exerting pressures on Arab states, to stop their financial aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA). In a statement released by the official Palestinian radio station, Voice of Palestine, al-Maliki said, the Palestinians are…

Emir Of Qatar Congratulates Iran’s Rouhani Over Islamic Revolution Anniversary

DOHA, Qatar, Feb 12 (NNN-QNA) – Qatari Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani, on Monday, congratulated Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, over the 40th anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Hundreds of thousands of citizens went on marches all over the country, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Revolution…

UN Warns Grain Aid In Yemen’s Besieged Hodeidah At Risk Of Rotting

SANAA, Yemen, Feb 12 (NNN-SABA) – Visiting UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, warned that, the grain aid, stored in the besieged Hodeidah city, to feed over three million people is “at risk of rotting.” “The urgency of UN access to the Red Sea Mills in Hodeidah is growing…

Four Dead In Military Copter Crash In Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Four soldiers were killed on Monday, when a military helicopter crashed in a park, inside a residential area in Istanbul, as it was attempting an emergency landing. Istanbul Governor, Ali Yerlikaya, told reporters on the scene that, four military personnel were pulled out from…

16 Civilians Killed By U.S.-Led Attack In Eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 16 people were killed Monday, by a U.S.-led air strike in eastern Syria, a war monitor reported. Half of the deaths were children, who lost their lives as a result of the U.S.-led shelling on the Daesh-held areas, on the outskirts of…