China Ready To Enhance Cooperation With Ireland: FM

DUBLIN, Feb 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – China is ready to work with Ireland, to enhance their mutually beneficial cooperation, making it bigger, stronger, deeper and more concrete, in order to achieve shared development and prosperity, Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said here, yesterday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau…

Myanmar Arrested 273 Illegal Foreign Entrants In Telecom Fraud Crackdown

YANGON, Feb 18 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities, yesterday, arrested 273 foreign nationals, who had illegally entered the country in Myawaddy township of Kayin state, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council said. The team said, they were arrested in the areas of Shwe Kokko and KK Park. A total…

Recalcitrant Netanyahu Ruled Out Palestinian Authority’s Rule In Post-War Gaza

JERUSALEM, Feb 18 (NNN-MA’AN) – Recalcitrant Israeli regime’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, dismissed the possibility of the Palestinian Authority (PA) governing post-war Gaza. In a response to media reports that Hamas had expressed willingness to relinquish control of the enclave to the PA, Netanyahu said in a statement, “As I…

Third Batch Of Illegal Indian Immigrants In U.S. Lands In Northern India

NEW DELHI, Feb 17 (NNN-PTI) – A U.S. military plane, carrying 112 illegal Indian immigrants, landed at an airport in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, officials said today. This is the third batch of Indians deported from the United States, as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign against illegal…

Four Dead, 13 Injured In Southern Philippine Collision

MANILA, Feb 17 (NNN-PNA) – A pickup truck collided head-on with a commuter van, in General Santos City, in the southern Philippines, killing four, including an 85-year-old woman, and injuring 13 others, police said today Police Captain, Lamberto Rabino, head of the city’s traffic enforcement unit, said, the fatal crash…

Mongolia Celebrates Nomadic Heritage, Mazaalai Conservation, At Winter Tourism Festivals

ULAN BATOR, Feb 17 (NNN-APA) – A cultural festival, designed to boost winter tourism and highlight Mongolia’s rich nomadic heritage, is currently underway in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. The “Mongols” Winter Festival, co-organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, Tourism, and Youth, along with other partners, began yesterday…

Singapore Opposition Leader Found Guilty Of Lying To Parliament

SINGAPORE, Feb 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s opposition leader, Pritam Singh, has been found guilty of two counts of lying to parliament, a judge announced, today. Singh, secretary-general of the Workers’ Party (WP), and leader of the opposition in parliament, was convicted in connection with an investigation into former WP lawmaker,…

Avalanche Killed Three In W. Afghanistan

FIROZ KOAH, Afghanistan, Feb 17 (NNN-BNA) – Three persons lost their lives, due to an avalanche in western Afghanistan’s Ghor province, provincial police spokesman, Abdul Rahman Badri, said today. The natural disaster took place in Anqarchaq village of Pasawand district yesterday, killing three passersby, who were going to the southern…

Philippines’ Remittances Hit Record High Last Year

MANILA, Feb 17 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippine central bank said today that, personal remittances from overseas Filipinos last year reached a record high of 38.34 billion U.S. dollars, a 3-percent increase from 2023, representing 8.3 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said,…

Palestinian, French Presidents Reaffirm Support For Two-State Solution Over Phone

RAMALLAH, Feb 17 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, held a phone conversation yesterday, during which the two sides reaffirmed their support for the two-state solution. Abbas reiterated his absolute rejection of any attempts to annex land and displace Palestinians in Gaza and the…