78 Trafficked Cambodians Rescued In Saudi Arabia: Minister

PHNOM PENH, Apr 19 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia has rescued 78 Cambodian people, who were trafficked to work in Saudi Arabia, the country’s Labour Minister, Heng Sour, said, late yesterday. “They had been cheated by brokers to work in Saudi Arabia,” he said in a news release. “Of the 78 victims,…

FLASH: 2 KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACK IN PAKISTAN’S KARACHI – LOCAL MEDIA

China Supports Indonesia In Playing Major Country Role: Wang Yi

JAKARTA, Apr 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said here yesterday that, China firmly supports Indonesia, in playing its role as a major country, so as to strengthen coordination and cooperation between the two sides and resist all kinds of acts that create division and confrontation in the…

Voting Begins In India For First Phase Of General Elections

NEW DELHI, Apr 19 (NNN-PTI) – Voting for the first phase of India’s general elections begins today, kicking off a seven-phased process lasting until Jun 1. People were seen standing in queues holding their Election Identity Cards, waiting for their turn to cast their vote. Polling of votes will continue…

Raisi, Iranian Leaders Warn Israel Against ‘Slightest’ Response To Weekend Attack

TEHRAN, Apr 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi has warned Israel, it will face a “painful response,” if it takes the “slightest action” in response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile barrage against the Jewish state over the weekend. Iran’s first-ever direct attack on Israel on the night of…

Palestine Condemns U.S. Veto Of Its Full UN Membership

RAMALLAH, Apr 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine condemned “in the strongest terms,” yesterday, the U.S. veto on Palestine’s full membership in the United Nations. The Palestinian Presidency said, the American “veto” is unfair, immoral, and unjustified, and defies the will of the international community. The presidency confirmed that the “aggressive” move…

Egypt’s PM Says Prices Of Basic Commodities To Decline Up To 30 Percent

CAIRO, Apr 19 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, announced yesterday that, an agreement had been reached, to reduce the prices of basic commodities in the country by up to 30 percent. “In the period before the Eid Al-Fitr holiday (earlier this month), it was agreed with the Federation…

Four Gov’t Officials Killed In Terrorist Attack In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Apr 19 (NNN-APP) – Four officials of Pakistan Customs were killed, and two other people injured, in a terrorist attack in the country’s north-west Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday, police officials said. Unknown assailants, riding motorcycles, opened fire on the vehicle of an anti-smuggling squad…

Pakistan Earns Over 12 Billion USD From Textile Exports In First Nine Months Of FY 2023-24

ISLAMABAD, Apr 19 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan earned 12.444 billion U.S. dollars, through textile products exports, in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, starting from Jul, 2023 to Jun, 2024, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said, yesterday. The exports of textile products, however, witnessed a nominal decline…

Gaza’s Rafah Overwhelmed By Waste As Municipal Services Halt Amid Conflict

GAZA, Apr 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Every day, Emad Adul Rahman, a 45-year-old father of four in Rafah, southern Gaza, has to take on a two-kilometre trek, to get rid of his home waste. Since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began last Oct, municipal services in the southernmost city of…