Trade Between Uzbekistan, S. Korea Reached 2.5 Billion USD Last Year

TASHKENT, Jun 16 (NNN-UzA) – Bilateral trade between Uzbekistan and South Korea amounted to 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, according to a Friday report, by the press service of the Uzbek president. On the same day, Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol, who is…

Eight Naxals, Policeman Killed In Gunfight In India’s Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI, Jun 16 (NNN-PTI) – At least eight rebel Naxals and a policeman were killed, and two others wounded yesterday, in a gunfight in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said. The gunfight between Naxals and joint contingents of paramilitary and police forces, broke out inside Abujhmarh forest…

Five Killed In Road Accident In Southern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jun 16 (NNN-APP) – Five people were killed and eight others injured, in a road accident in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, yesterday, police said. The accident occurred on Indus Highway in Dadu district of the province, where a speeding truck hit a rickshaw, resulting in the loss of five…

12 Dead In Traffic Accident In North India

NEW DELHI, Jun 16 (NNN-PTI) – At least 12 persons died and a dozen others were injured, when the bus they were aboard fell into a deep gorge, in India’s northern hilly state of Uttarakhand yesterday, a local police officer said. The officer said that, a couple of passengers went…

Singapore’s Sentosa Closes Waters To Clean Oil Leakage

SINGAPORE, Jun 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Oil spillage was observed along beaches on Singapore’s resort Sentosa island, and the waters were closed for clean-up works, the island management authority said, yesterday. A Netherlands-flagged dredger, collided with a Singapore-flagged bunker vessel, at Pasir Panjang Terminal near Sentosa on Friday, leading to oil…

Indonesia Sees Soaring Commodity Prices Ahead Of Eid Al-Adha Festival

by Nurul Fitri Ramadhani JAKARTA, Jun 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesians are currently experiencing the impact of rising prices for basic foods, such as rice, meat, chicken, and cooking ingredients, ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday, which is set to occur tomorrow (Monday). As of yesterday, Indonesia’s National Food Agency (Bapanas)…

Over 600,000 children in Gaza denied education amid war: UN agency

Gaza, Jun 16 (NNN-WAFA) – About 625,000 Palestinian children have been denied an education in the Gaza Strip, as schools have been forced to remain closed, due to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a UN body said yesterday. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,…

Iraqi Shiite Militia Claims Missile Attack On N. Israel

BAGHDAD, Jun 16 (NNN-NINA) – A Shiite militia in Iraq, yesterday, claimed responsibility for an attack with a cruise missile, on a site in Haifa in northern Israel. The militia, known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, said in an online statement that, its fighters launched an attack at dawn…

Palestinian Boy Killed By Zionist Army In West Bank: Health Ministry

RAMALLAH, Jun 16 (NNN-WAFA) – A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was fatally shot, by the Zionist military gunfire, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, as reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health on Saturday. The teenager, identified as Sultan Abdel Rahman Khatatba from Beit Furik, east of Nablus, succumbed…

Sri Lanka To Lift Restrictions On Vehicle Imports By 2025

COLOMBO, Jun 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan authorities have formulated an initial roadmap, to ease restrictions on motor vehicle imports by 2025, local media, quoting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, here. According to the IMF, this plan will commence with the imports of public passenger and special purpose vehicles,…