OPEC Further Cuts 2024, 2025 Global Oil Demand Forecast

VIENNA, Oct 15 (NNN-APA) – The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), yesterday further trimmed forecasts for global oil demand growth this year and next, marking the organisation’s downward revision for the third consecutive month. In its monthly oil market report for Oct, OPEC projected a global oil demand…

UN Peacekeepers To Stay In Positions In Lebanon: Peacekeeping Chief

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN peacekeepers will stay in all their positions in Lebanon, in spite of the calls made by Israeli authorities to vacate the positions that are in the vicinity of the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel, the UN peacekeeping chief, said, yesterday. “The decision…

DPRK Explodes Parts Of Roads Connected To S. Korea: Seoul

SEOUL, Oct 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) exploded parts of roads connected to South Korea, after Pyongyang’s announcement on Oct 9, to cut off all inter-Korean roads and railways, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, today.– NNN-YONHAP  

S. Korean Military Fired Shots South Of Military Demarcation Line After DPRK Road Explosion

SEOUL, Oct 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s military, fired shots south of the military demarcation line, after the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea exploded parts of roads connected to South Korea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.– NNN-YONHAP  

Cambodia Exports Milled Rice Worth 335.4 Million USD In First Nine Months This Year

PHNOM PENH, Oct 15 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported a total of 445,913 tonnes of milled rice in the first nine months of this year, making a total revenue of 335.4 million U.S. dollars, the Cambodia Rice Federation said in a news release, yesterday. Fifty-four companies have shipped milled rice to…

One Dead, 19 Injured After Factory Explosion In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Oct 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – One worker died and 19 were injured, yesterday, following the exploding of a boiler at a factory, in Badalgama, in western Sri Lanka. The deceased is 52 years old and the injured are being treated at nearby hospitals, police said. Police said, the explosion occurred…

Israel’s Response To Iran’s Missile Attack May Involve Targeting Key Infrastructure, Figures: Expert

TEHRAN, Oct 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Israel’s potential response to Iran’s missile attack early this month could involve targeting its military and energy infrastructure, as well as, assassinating its officials, a Tehran-based expert said, recently. Israel might attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, oil infrastructure and some military centres, or seek to assassinate…

Syrian, Russian Airstrikes Killed 30 Rebel Militants In NW Syria

DAMASCUS, Oct 15 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian and Russian joint airstrikes, targeted militant positions in the rural areas of Syria’s north-western provinces of Idlib and Latakia yesterday, killing 30 militants, according to local media outlet, Al-Watan Online. The airstrikes hit sites belonging to extremist rebel groups, said the report, without providing…

Egyptian Police Seized Nearly 2,000 Ancient Roman-Era Coins

CAIRO, Oct 15 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian police, yesterday, seized 1,945 ancient silver and bronze coins, dating back to the Roman Period of Egyptian history, which extended from 30 BC to 395 AD, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement. The police arrested two suspects, who confessed to their intention…

India, Canada Expel Each Other’s Diplomats In Tit-For-Tat Move

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – India, yesterday, asked six Canadian diplomats in New Delhi, to leave the country by this Saturday, hours after it decided to withdraw its high commissioner, Sanjay Kumar Verma and other “targeted diplomats and officials” from Canada. Canada has also announced expulsion of six Indian…