S. Korea, New Zealand Lift Ties To Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

GYEONGJU, South Korea, Oct 31 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea and New Zealand agreed to lift bilateral ties to a “comprehensive strategic partnership,” according to the South Korean presidential office, yesterday. The two sides reached the agreement between South Korean President, Lee Jae-myung, and New Zealand Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, on…

Kazakstan’s KMG Posts 10 Percent Increase In Oil, Condensate Output In First Nine Months Of Year

ALMATY, Oct 31 (NNN-KNA) – Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company, KazMunayGas (KMG), produced 19.8 million tonnes of oil and condensate in the first nine months of this year, up 10 percent from the same period last year, the company’s press service said, yesterday. Gas production increased by 20.1 percent…

Pakistan Agrees To Resume Talks With Afghan Taliban In Istanbul

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan has agreed to resume the dialogue process with the Afghan Taliban in Istanbul, Türkiye, following a request from the Afghan Taliban and the host country, Pakistani security sources said yesterday. The sources said, the Pakistani delegation, which was earlier scheduled to depart, will now…

Over 300 Afghan Prisoners Set Free From Pakistani Jails, Returned Home: Ministry

KABUL, Oct 31 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 305 Afghan prisoners were released from Pakistani jails, over the past week, and have safely returned to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced, yesterday. The freed detainees, who were held in various facilities across Pakistan, on charges with sentences ranging…

Bangladesh To Set National Election Date By 1st Week Of Dec

DHAKA, Oct 30 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi Chief Adviser’s office, announced that, the country’s Election Commission could declare the date for the upcoming national election by the first week of Dec. Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary, Shafiqul Alam, made the announcement following a high-level meeting on election preparations, with Chief Adviser,…

Security Forces Killed 18 Terrorists In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 30 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani security forces killed 18 terrorists, in two intelligence-based operations, in the country’s south-western province of Balochistan, the military said, today. The operations were carried out on Tuesday and yesterday, against the banned terrorist organisation, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the…

Mongolia Welcomes Over 750,000 Foreign Tourists So Far This Year

ULAN BATOR, Oct 30 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia has attracted a total of 751,879 foreign tourists, since the beginning of the year, according to official data, released by the Mongolian Tourism Organisation, yesterday. During the period, the majority of the foreign tourists came from China, Russia and South Korea, the data…

Road Accident Killed Three, Injured 18 In E. Afghanistan

KABUL, Oct 30 (NNN-BNA) – At least three people were killed, and 18 others injured, in a collision involving a tractor and two passenger vehicles, in eastern Afghanistan’s Laghman province, the provincial police office reported in a statement, today. The accident occurred last night, in the Surkhakan region, along the…

Pakistani Astronaut To Enter Chinese Space Station As Payload Specialist

JIUQUAN, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two Pakistani astronauts will undergo training, alongside Chinese astronauts, and one of them will be selected to participate in a short-duration spaceflight mission, as a payload specialist, the China Manned Space Agency announced, at a press conference, today.– NNN-XINHUA  

Iraq Prepares Special Polling For Security Personnel Ahead Of Parliamentary Election

BAGHDAD, Oct 30 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission, said yesterday, it has designated more than 800 polling centres, including about 4,500 polling booths, for special voting, ahead of the Nov 11 parliamentary election. Deputy spokesman, Nibras Abu Souda, said, the special vote is open to members of Iraq’s…