Huge Oil Reserves Discovered In Central Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jan 21 (NNN-NINA) – The state-owned Iraqi Midland Oil Company, said yesterday that, it has discovered huge oil reserves in the East Baghdad oil field. Mohammed Yassin Hassan, director general of the company, said, the new discovery is expected to add more than two billion barrels to Iraq’s oil…

Türkiye, Slovakia Elevate Relations To Strategic Partnership Level

ANKARA, Jan 21 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye and Slovakia, yesterday, signed a joint declaration, to elevate bilateral relations to the level of strategic partnership, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said. The announcement came, after a high-level meeting held between Erdogan and Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico, in the capital, Ankara. “Today…

Plundering Israeli Settlers Raid Palestinian Villages In West Bank

JERUSALEM, Jan 21 (NNN-MA’AN) – Dozens of marauding Israeli settlers raided Palestinian villages, in the occupied West Bank last night, attacking residents, torching property, and sparking clashes with local Palestinians, according to Israeli sources. According to Israeli sources, the settlers, numbering around 50, set fire to buildings and vehicles in…

Indonesia Targets Higher Exports At 7.1 Percent This Year

JAKARTA, Jan 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia has set a higher target for export, up to 7.1 percent, this year, as an effort to boost its economic growth, said an official, yesterday. “With the higher target of exports, we expect to support the economic growth of eight percent, as targeted by…

Ceremony Held In Afghanistan To Celebrate 70 Years Of Diplomatic Relations With China

KABUL, Jan 21 (NNN-BNA) – The Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan and the Afghan caretaker government, jointly hosted a ceremony yesterday, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Afghanistan. When delivering a speech at the ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Zhao Xing, said, China…

S. Korean President To Attend Hearing Of Impeachment Trial Today

SEOUL, Jan 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol, will attend the constitutional court hearing of his impeachment trial, today, multiple media outlets said yesterday, citing Yoon’s defence counsel. Yun Gap-geun, one of Yoon’s lawyers, was quoted as saying that, the president will appear in court today. The court…

Indonesia Officially Launches Int’l Carbon Trading

JAKARTA, Jan 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia, today, launched its first international carbon trading platform, inviting foreign investors to participate. Speaking at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) today, Mahendra Siregar, head of the Financial Services Authority, emphasised his institution’s commitment to facilitating the trading of both domestic and international carbon units,…

Over 900,000 Stimulant Tablets Seized In Eastern Myanmar

YANGON, Jan 20 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s police have seized 966,000 stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported, today. Acting on a tip-off, a joint anti-narcotic task force intercepted a vehicle in Kengtung township of Shan state on Jan 16, and confiscated the…

Infant Died, Five Injured In House Fire In Australian Island State

SYDNEY, Jan 20 (NNN-AAP) – An infant died, and five other people have been injured, in a house fire in the Australian state of Tasmania. Emergency services were called to an address in Rokeby, in the eastern suburbs of the state capital of Hobart, shortly after 9.00 a.m. local time,…

Two Teenagers Dead At Waterfall In North-East Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 20 (NNN-AAP) – Two teenagers died, yesterday, after they fell, at a waterfall in north-east Australia. Police in the state of Queensland said that, a 17-year-old girl fell off a waterfall about 2:30 p.m. local time yesterday, at Wappa Falls, 100 km north of Brisbane, and failed to…