Japan Booked Record 25.34 Trillion Yen Current Account Surplus For FY 2023

TOKYO, May 10 (NNN-NHK) – Japan logged a record current account surplus of 25.34 trillion yen (about 163 billion U.S. dollars), in fiscal year 2023, said a government report, today. The overall surplus in the current account, the broadest measure of the country’s overseas trade and investment flows, marked a…

Cambodia Recorded 15.2 Percent Export Growth In First Four Months Of This Year

PHNOM PENH, May 10 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported products worth eight billion U.S. dollars, in the first four months of 2024, up 15.2 percent from 6.94 billion dollars, over the same period last year, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report, released today. Major exported products included garment,…

Three Killed After Vehicle Overturned In Southern Myanmar

YANGON, May 10 (NNN-MNA) – Three people have been killed, after a vehicle overturned in southern Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region, yesterday, according to an official from a local rescue organisation, today. The official, from Alinka Rescue Organisation, said that, the accident took place at around 3.00 p.m. local time, yesterday, and…

Myanmar Aims To Earn Over 800 Million USD From Fishery Exports In FY 2024-25

YANGON, May 10 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar has set a target of earning over 800 million U.S. dollars, from the export of fishery products in the 2024-25 fiscal year, an official from the Department of Fisheries, said today. While this year’s export volume is expected to be the same as last…

Israel To Continue Rafah Operation As Gaza Truce Talks Collapsed: Official

JERUSALEM, May 10 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli army will continue its operation in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah “as planned,” after the talks on the Israel-Hamas truce held in Cairo collapsed yesterday, an Israeli official said. The unnamed Israeli official confirmed that the Israeli delegation has left Cairo,…

UNRWA Closes Headquarters In E. Jerusalem After Repeated Attacks By Israeli Extremists

GAZA, May 10 (NNN-WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said yesterday that, it has decided to close down its East Jerusalem headquarters, after Israeli extremists repeatedly set fire near the site. Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of UNRWA, said on social…

Hezbollah Claims Retaliatory Drone Attack On Israeli Military Command

BEIRUT, May 10 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah launched, yesterday, a drone attack on an Israeli military command in the Kfar Giladi settlement, in northern Israel, claiming causing casualties among Israeli officers. Hezbollah said in a statement that, the attack was carried out with multiple drones in retaliation for Israel’s assassination of…

Nine Killed In Firecracker Factory Blast In Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI, May 10 (NNN-PTI) – At least nine people were killed and over a dozen others injured, in a massive explosion yesterday, at a firecracker factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said. The blast took place near Sivakasi area of Virudhunagar district, about 540 km…

Pakistan Slams U.S. Panel Report On Religious Freedom

ISLAMABAD, May 10 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan, yesterday, slammed the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report, saying that, it is based on “faulty assumptions.” The commission’s 2024 Annual Report, released earlier this month was “based on unsubstantiated allegations and non-reflective of the ground realities in Pakistan,” spokesperson of…

Pilot Dies After Training Plane Crashed In Bangladesh

DHAKA, May 10 (NNN-BSS) – The pilot of a training plane of Bangladesh Air Force died, after the plane he was in, crashed in the country’s south-eastern Chattogram region, yesterday, the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) of the Bangladesh Army, said. According to an ISPR statement, the plane crashed into…