Hiroshima Governor, Nagasaki Mayor Urge Japanese Gov’t To Uphold Non-Nuclear Principles

TOKYO, Nov 19 (NNN-NHK) – The governor of Hiroshima Prefecture and the mayor of Nagasaki City, voiced opposition to Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi’s attempt to revise the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, a day after the governors of Okinawa and Nagasaki prefectures expressed similar concerns. Hiroshima Governor, Hidehiko Yuzaki, told a press…

Jordan, Palestine Stress Need To Consolidate Gaza Ceasefire, Deploy Int’l Stabilisation Force

AMMAN, Nov 19 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian Prime Minister, Jafar Hassan, and Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mustafa, underlined here yesterday, the importance of building on growing international recognition of the State of Palestine, consolidating the Gaza ceasefire, and facilitating the deployment of an international stabilisation force in Gaza. During their talks,…

Syrian Authorities Seized Large Haul Of Illicit Drugs

DAMASCUS, Nov 19 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s anti-narcotics department, carried out a security raid in the country’s eastern desert region, capturing large quantities of illegal drugs, the Syrian interior authorities said in a statement, yesterday. The operation led to the confiscation of 246,000 Captagon pills, 105 kg of cannabis, and 500…

1st Caspian Governors’ Forum Kicked Off In N. Iran

TEHRAN, Nov 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, yesterday, opened the First Caspian Governors’ Forum, in the northern city of Rasht, aiming to strengthen regional cooperation among the Caspian Sea littoral states. Senior Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, and Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister, Seyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, joined…

Pakistan’s Textile Exports Increased Nearly Four Percent In Four Months

ISLAMABAD, Nov 19 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s textile exports, surged by nearly four percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year 2025-2026, compared to the same period of the last fiscal year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), said yesterday. The textile exports were recorded at 6.39 billion…

Four Tonnes Of ICE Seized In Southern Myanmar

YANGON, Nov 19 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized four tonnes of ICE (methamphetamine), in the southern Ayeyarwady region, the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television reported, yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, security personnel raided a warehouse in Pathein township, on Nov 5, and confiscated narcotics that were stored underground at the…

New Road Construction Started In S. Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov 19 (NNN-BNA) – Afghan authorities started a major road construction project in southern Kandahar province, it was reported, yesterday. Constructed at a cost of nearly 305 million Afghanis (over 4.6 million U.S. dollars), the road aims to improve transportation and enhance trade routes in the Shorabak district, the…

Japanese Public Opinion Concerned Takaichi’s Taiwan Remarks May Lead To Negative Economic Growth

TOKYO, Nov 19 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese media and experts are concerned that the fallout from Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi’s wrongful remarks on Taiwan is spilling over into the already struggling Japanese economy, and the deterioration of Japan-China relations, may lead to a negative economic growth in the fourth quarter. Recently,…

U.S. Typhon Missile System Withdrawn From Japan

TOKYO, Nov 18 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Defence Ministry, yesterday informed the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi prefecture that, Typhon intermediate-range missile system, deployed at the local U.S. base had been withdrawn. Japan’s Self-Defence Forces and the U.S. military, conducted a large-scale joint drill from Sept 11 to Sept 25, across…

At Least 13 Killed In Traffic Accident In Central Ecuador

QUITO, Nov 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 13 people were killed and more than 20 others injured on Sunday, after an interprovincial bus overturned, on a road in the Ecuadorian province of Bolivar, according to local media. The accident occurred at 1.00 p.m. local time, when the bus, covering the…