Singapore PM Encouraged Couples To Have More Children In Chinese New Year Message

SINGAPORE, Feb 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, encouraged local couples to give birth to more children in the Year of the Dragon, while delivering the Chinese New Year message yesterday. Noting that many Chinese families consider a child born in the Year of the Dragon to…

DPRK Top Leader Vows To Build Up Military Capabilities For Eternal Security

PYONGYANG, Feb 10 (NNN-KCNA) – The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), called on its armed forces, to build up military capabilities for eternal security of the state, it was reported, yesterday. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of…

Two More U.S.-British Airstrikes On Houthi Targets In Northern Yemen

SANAA, Feb 10 (NNN-SABA) – The U.S.-British coalition, launched two more airstrikes on Houthi sites in Yemen’s northern province of Saada late yesterday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The strikes targeted the area of al-Kutaynat, in the northern border district of Baqim, said the television, without providing further information. The strikes…

Israeli Attack Targets Western Damascus Region

DAMASCUS, Feb 10 (NNN-SANA) – An Israeli missile attack targeted areas west of the Syrian capital, Damascus, after midnight, witnesses and local media said early today. Loud explosions were heard in the western countryside of Damascus, with the pro-government al-Watan news outlet saying, it was an Israeli attack. The explosions…

Laos, Luxembourg Agree To Strengthen Ties

VIENTIANE, Feb 10 (NNN-KPL) – Laos and Luxembourg have agreed to strengthen cooperation in various areas, as the two countries mark the 27th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year. The agreement was reached during a working visit to Laos by Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel, from Feb 5 to…

One Killed, Five Injured As Portion Of Metro Station Collapsed In Indian Capital

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (NNN-PTI) – One person was killed and five others were injured yesterday, after a portion of a metro rail station collapsed in the Indian capital city of New Delhi, officials said. The metro station collapsed at Gokulpuri on the Pink Line. According to officials, the boundary…

Mongolia Issues Postage Stamp Marking Year Of The Dragon

ULAN BATOR, Feb 9 (NNN-APA) – The Mongol Post, Mongolia’s national postal service, has issued a special postage stamp to celebrate the Lunar New Year, a traditional festival known as the “White Moon” in the country, and to welcome the Year of the Dragon, local media reported yesterday. The stamp…

Cambodia Reports Sixth Confirmed Case Of Monkeypox

PHNOM PENH, Feb 9 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia has recorded another confirmed case of monkeypox, bringing the total number of infections in the kingdom to six, since last Dec, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late yesterday. “Laboratory results from the National Institute of Public Health showed yesterday that,…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Rises To 27,840: Ministry

GAZA, Feb 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Israeli army killed 130 Palestinians and wounded 170 others during the last 24 hours, Gaza-based Health Ministry said, in a press statement yesterday. This brings the total number of deaths to 27,840, and injuries to 67,317, in the Palestinian enclave, since the Israel-Hamas conflict…

Death Toll In Southern Philippine Landslide Rises To 11, With 110 Missing

MANILA, Feb 9 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll in the massive landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province, in the southern Philippines, has climbed to 11, with 110 others remaining missing, provincial authorities said, yesterday. The Davao de Oro provincial government said, the landslide, which occurred Tuesday…