Saudi Arabia’s Inbound Visitor Spending Grows By 22.9 Percent In Q1

RIYADH, Jul 3 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that, inbound visitors spent 45 billion Saudi riyals (about 12 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2024, growing by 22.9 percent, compared to the same period last year. The kingdom also recorded a surplus in the travel account amounting…

Lebanon, Saudi Arabia Signed 10-Million-USD Memorandum Of Cooperation

BEIRUT, Jul 3 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, yesterday, signed a memorandum of cooperation, which would allocate 10 million U.S. dollars for implementing 28 projects in Lebanon. During the signing ceremony, Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, stressed “the strong fraternal relationship between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia,” noting that, Saudi…

Poppy Lands Demolished In N. Afghanistan

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Jul 3 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan Counter-narcotics police, have demolished a total of 1,699 acres of poppy lands in north Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, said a statement by the provincial police, yesterday. The illegal harvest has been wiped out in the province’s Khash, Argo, and Darayem districts, over the past…

ASEAN Discussed Improving Regional Disease Preparedness

VIENTIANE, Jul 3 (NNN-KPL) – Representatives from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), are meeting, to share scaled-up and intensified national disease prevention, preparedness, detection and response measures. They gathered in the Lao capital, Vientiane, for the 18th ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting on Health Development (SOMHD)…

India’s Stampede Death Toll Rises To 121

NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in yesterday’s stampede, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, rose to 121, out of which 88 victims’ bodies were lying at a local trauma centre, 27 at Etah Hospital and one at a hospital in Hathras town, confirmed a local…

China Urges Israel To Fulfil Humanitarian Obligations In Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – China, yesterday, called on Israel to fulfil its obligations under international humanitarian law, and heed the international community’s call, to ensure the rapid and safe entry of humanitarian supplies into Gaza. In remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on the situation in the…

No More Safe Place In Gaza Due To Daily Israeli Strikes: ICRC

GAZA, Jul 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Residents in the Gaza Strip have no more safe place to go to, due to the daily Israeli airstrikes, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said yesterday, referring to an evacuation order, issued by the Zionist army. The Israeli regime, on Monday, issued…

Four More Young Palestinians Killed In Israeli Airstrike In West Bank: Sources

RAMALLAH, Jul 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Four more Palestinians were killed yesterday, in an Israeli airstrike on the Nour Shams refugee camp, in the city of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Palestinian security sources said that, a Zionist reconnaissance aircraft targeted a group of young…

Egypt Announces New Tourist Project In North Coast

CAIRO, Jul 3 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, announced yesterday, the launch of a new tourist project in the country’s North Coast on the Mediterranean Sea, with an investment of one trillion Egyptian pounds (20.76 billion U.S. dollars). The new project is expected to generate 1.6 trillion Egyptian…

Ruling Partner Urges Nepal’s PM To Resign

KATHMANDU, Jul 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – The ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), yesterday, called on Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, to step down, to clear the way for the formation of a “national consensus government.” The ruling partner set this evening, as the deadline for Dahal to step…