Uzbek President Names Abdulla Aripov As PM

TASHKENT, Nov 21 (NNN-UzA) – Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, proposed, Prime Minister, Abdulla Aripov, continue to serve as the head of government, during a session of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (the lower house of parliament), the president’s press secretary said, yesterday. “Our new Uzbekistan, along with the…

Restoration Work On Ancient Sea-Creature Sculpture In Cambodia’s Angkor Complex Completed

PHNOM PENH, Nov 21 (NNN-AKP) – The first phase of restoration work on the ancient drainage system, featuring a Makara sculpture, in the famed Angkor Archaeological Park, in north-west Cambodia’s Siem Reap province has been successfully completed, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said, in a news release yesterday. Makara is…

Iran, IAEA Emphasised Dialogue, Interaction To Resolve Differences

TEHRAN, Nov 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran and the United Nations nuclear watchdog, yesterday, reaffirmed their commitment to continuing dialogue and interaction, to resolve differences and deal with other issues on the bilateral agenda. In a phone call, Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, and Director General of the International Atomic…

Cambodia’s Parliament Approved Prak Sokhonn As New Foreign Minister

PHNOM PENH, Nov 21 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s National Assembly, yesterday, approved the appointment of Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, as a deputy prime minister and foreign minister. Sokhonn, 70, replaced Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, who remains a deputy prime minister. A…

Ukrainian Parliament Approves 2025 Budget

KIEV, Nov 20 (NNN-UNIAN) – The Ukrainian parliament, yesterday approved the government’s 2025 budget, which prioritises military expenditures, social support and economic recovery, the Finance Ministry said. The budget allocates 2.23 trillion Ukrainian hryvnias (about 54 billion U.S. dollars), out of a general budget of 3.6 trillion hryvnias (about 87…

Cambodia Earns 472 Million USD From Rubber Latex Exports In 10 Months

PHNOM PENH, Nov 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia earned 472 million U.S. dollars in revenue, from exports of natural rubber latex in the first 10 months of this year, up 22.5 percent over the same period last year, an official report showed, today. The kingdom exported 291,269 tonnes of the commodity…

Japan, South Korea Lead Respective Groups In WC Asian Qualifiers

XIAMEN, Nov 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Japan and South Korea solidified their positions at the top of their respective 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying groups, after Japan’s 3-1 victory over China and South Korea’s 1-1 draw with Palestine, yesterday. Determined to redeem themselves after a 7-0 humiliation in their previous…

Four Killed In Landslide In Central Indonesia

JAKARTA, Nov 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Four members of a family were killed, after landslide hit their house, in the Indonesian province of Central Java yesterday, a local official said. According to a preliminary report, the disaster took place in Bruno village, in Purworejo regency, yesterday afternoon, amid heavy rain. Muhammad…

Thailand Records Over 30 Million Foreign Tourists This Year

BANGKOK, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Thailand recorded over 30.56 million foreign tourists until mid-November, a rise of 29 percent from a year earlier, on course to meet the full-year target of 36.7 million foreign tourists, official data showed on Tuesday. With 5.97 million arrivals, Chinese tourists made up the largest…

Left To Bleed Out, Two Palestinians Murdered By Israeli Zionist Army In N. West Bank Yesterday

RAMALLAH, Nov 20 (NNN-WAFA) – Two Palestinians were murdered by Israeli Zionist army gunfire, in the eastern neighbourhood of Jenin city, in the northern West Bank yesterday, according to Palestinian medical sources. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that, its team retrieved two bodies from a house…