Floods Force Closure Of Schools In Central Myanmar

YANGON, Jul 14 (NNN-MNA) – Five basic education schools, in Minbu town of central Myanmar’s Magway region, have been temporarily closed due to flooding, triggered by rising river levels, state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported, yesterday. The water level of Ayeyarwady River in Minbu town, hit the town’s warning mark yesterday,…

Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway Records Four Million Passengers After Nine Months Of Operation

JAKARTA, Jul 14 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR), locally called Whoosh, recorded yesterday that, it had carried four million passengers, since it began commercial operations on Oct 17, last year. Eva Chairunisa, general manager, corporate secretary of PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), said, the achievement had proven the…

Three Missing People In Western Japan Landslide Confirmed Dead

TOKYO, Jul 14 (NNN-NHK) – Three people have been confirmed dead, after they were trapped in a landslide in the early hours of Friday, in western Japanese prefecture of Ehime, according to local authorities. Firefighters and police searched the disaster-hit area in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, and found two men and…

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan To Introduce Full Free Trade Regime

TASHKENT, Jul 14 (NNN-UzA) – Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan plan to introduce a full free trade regime, according to the press service of the Uzbek government. Uzbek Prime Minister, Abdulla Aripov, discussed this during his visit to Kazakhstan with his Kazakh counterpart, Olzhas Bektenov. According to the statement, considering the geopolitical…

DPRK Condemns U.S.-S.Korea Nuclear Guidelines

PYONGYANG, Jul 14 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) condemned the “Guidelines for Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Operations on the Korean Peninsula,” that the United States and South Korea signed earlier this week. In a press statement, the DPRK said, the country’s military forces “will guarantee the…

Iraqi Gov’t Welcomes Investment Into Housing Projects: PM

BAGHDAD, Jul 14 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi prime minister, yesterday, invited regional real estate investors, to consider residential projects launched by the Iraqi government, to relieve housing shortages. Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, extended the invitation, while receiving a delegation of Egyptian and Saudi real estate businessmen, specialising in developing integrated and smart…

Regional Countries Strongly Condemn Israel’s Deliberate Targeting Of Displaced Palestinians In Gaza

BAGHDAD/AMMAN/TEHRAN, Jul 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Iraq, Jordan and Iran, yesterday, condemned the deliberate targeting of displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, after an Israeli airstrike killed 90 Palestinian civilians, half of them women and children, in displacement shelters in Khan Younis, south of Gaza. Iraqi government spokesman, Basim al-Awadi, said…

Egypt, Serbia Signed Cooperation Deals In Cairo

CAIRO, Jul 14 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, witnessed here yesterday, the signing of a number of cooperation agreements between the two countries, according to a statement by the Egyptian presidency. The deals, covering the fields of trade, investment, information and communications technology,…

Five Arrested For Smuggling Firearms In Eastern Myanmar

YANGON, Jul 14 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities arrested five suspects for smuggling firearms and ammunition, in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported, yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, the authorities intercepted a vehicle in Namsang township of southern Shan state, on Jul 12, and…

Four Children Die Due To Suspected Chandipura Virus Infection In Gujarat

NEW DELHI, Jul 14 (NNN-PTI) – At least four children have died and two others are undergoing treatment, for suspected infection of Chandipura virus, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said yesterday. The deaths have been reported at Himmat Nagar Civil Hospital, in Sabarkantha district, about 63 km…