Jordanian Village Named Among World’s Best Tourism Villages For 2025

AMMAN, Oct 18 (NNN-PETRA) – Al-Azraq Al-Shamali, a village in north-eastern Jordan, also known as North Azraq, has been named one of the Best Tourism Villages in the World for 2025, by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said, yesterday. The recognition…

Hezbollah Member Killed In Israeli Airstrikes In S. Lebanon

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 18 (NNN-NNA/MA’AN) – A member of the Lebanese Hezbollah was killed yesterday, in an Israeli airstrike targeting a car in southern Lebanon. It was reported that, an Israeli drone targeted a car, yesterday afternoon, with a guided missile, in the area of Al-Tabbaleh, in the town of Khirbet…

Thai PM Pledges To Enhance All-Round Cooperation With China

BANGKOK, Oct 18 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Anutin Charnvirakul, said yesterday that, the new government will strengthen all-round cooperation with China. Anutin made the remarks during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Thailand, Zhang Jianwei. The prime minister commended the development of Thailand-China relations, noting…

Feature: Indonesia’s Whoosh High-Speed Train Marks Two Years Of Operation

by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, Oct 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – For Zaky Najwan, an Indonesian civil servant, who occasionally travels to Bandung, a city about 150 km away from Jakarta, work trips often demand tight schedules and swift movement. Whenever he needs to travel quickly, the first thing that comes to…

Kazakhstan Developing Seven National Standards In AI Field

ASTANA, Oct 18 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan is developing seven national standards, in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), the official Kazinform news agency reported, yesterday. At a regional meeting, Zhanna Yesenbekova, chair of the Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology, under the country’s Ministry of Trade and Integration, said that,…

Mongolian Parliament Passed Resolution To Dismiss PM

ULAN BATOR, Oct 18 (NNN-APA) – The Mongolian parliament, yesterday passed a resolution, to dismiss Prime Minister, Gombojav Zandanshatar. The draft resolution was approved by a vote of 64 percent, in the country’s 126-seat parliament, or the State Great Khural. Based on the results of the vote, Zandanshatar was dismissed,…

Colombo On Alert As City Council Activates Disaster Response Amid Heavy Rain Forecast

COLOMBO, Oct 17 (NNN-LNW) – Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), has placed its disaster management and emergency response units on full standby, from yesterday to Oct 28, following forecasts of heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorms across Colombo and nearby areas. The CMC added that, emergency measures are in place to provide…

Japan Parliament To Elect New Prime Minister On Oct 21

TOKYO, Oct 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s ruling and opposition parties, agreed today, to elect a new prime minister, to replace Shigeru Ishiba on Oct 21, local media reported. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, agreed to hold the parliamentary vote to pick…

Five Hospitalised Following Chemical Leaks At Post Offices In North-East Australia

SYDNEY, Oct 17 (NNN-AAP) – Five people have been hospitalised, after being exposed to an unidentified chemical, at two post offices, in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland, today. Emergency services were called to reports of fumes and an odour, at an Australia Post location, in the rural town of…

Five Injured In S. Korea’s Hydrogen Pipeline Explosion

SEOUL, Oct 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – Five workers were injured today, from a hydrogen pipeline explosion, at a refinery plant in south-eastern South Korea, according to local broadcaster YTN. The pipeline explosion occurred at the plant of local refiner SK Energy in Ulsan, around 300 km south-east of Seoul, at about…