Sri Lanka Logged Record Coconut Export Earnings Last Year

COLOMBO, Jan 3 (NNN-LNW) – Last year, Sri Lanka’s export earnings from coconuts and coconut-based products, exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, for the first time on record, according to official data. Export Development Board (EDB) data shows that, export revenue from coconuts and related products reached 1.0339 billion dollars, between…

Iranian FM Vows To “Forcefully Reject” Interference After Trump’s Threat To “Rescue” Protesters

TEHRAN, Jan 3 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, yesterday vowed to “forcefully reject” any interference in the country’s internal affairs, after U.S. President, Donald Trump earlier warned that the United States would act, if Iran “kills peaceful protesters.” In a post on social media platform X, Araghchi…

Over One Million People In Gaza Still Urgently Need Shelter Assistance: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – An estimated more than one million people, or every other person in Gaza, still urgently need shelter assistance, the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said, yesterday. The shelter assistance needs remain, although humanitarians have distributed thousands of tents and hundreds of…

Malaysia Forms Online Safety Committee To Guide Policy

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia has formed an online safety committee, as the highest strategic advisory body, to steer the direction of the nation’s online safety, Azalina Othman Said, minister in the prime minister’s department for law and institutional reform, said, yesterday. This is in line with the…

Bali To Enhance Measures To Promote Quality Tourism

JAKARTA, Jan 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Authorities of Indonesia’s Bali Island, plan to tighten checks on foreign tourists, starting this year, including their financial capacity, length of stay, and planned activities, as part of efforts to promote quality tourism, Bali Governor, I Wayan Koster was quoted by local media as saying,…

Dense Fog Disrupted Flight Services At Bangladesh’s Main Airport

DHAKA, Jan 3 (NNN-BSS) – Dense fog enveloped the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, yesterday, disrupting flight services to and from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. In a notice yesterday afternoon, the airport authority said that, nine flights were rerouted for safety, due to heavy fog. Flight operations at the airport resumed…

Feature: While Tokyo Celebrates New Year, Poorest Residents Still Struggle For Food Aid

TOKYO, Jan 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – As many in Tokyo celebrated New Year, long queues in front of relief distribution points tell an unsettling story, about deepening survival anxiety among Japan’s poorest residents. Just days before New Year’s Eve, at a food distribution site in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, volunteers handed out…

S. Korea Court Issues Additional Arrest Warrant For Ex-President Yoon

SEOUL, Jan 3 (NNN-YONHAP) – A South Korean court, yesterday, issued an additional arrest warrant for former President, Yoon Suk-yeol, extending his detention by another six months.– NNN-YONHAP  

Afghan Forces Seized Over 2,356 Tonnes Of Illicit Drugs, Dismantled 517 Labs In 2025

KABUL, Jan 2 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan’s counter-narcotics forces, conducted 10,599 operations across the country in 2025, confiscating 2,356 tonnes of illicit drugs and dismantling 517 clandestine drug processing labs, deputy government spokesman, Hamdullah Fitrat, announced, yesterday. The seized substances included 33.8 tonnes of hashish, 32.5 tonnes of opium, three tonnes…

Collapsed River Embankment Left Four Dead In Central Vietnam

HANOI, Jan 2 (NNN-VNA) – Four people were killed, after a concrete embankment collapsed, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, today. According to the report, the incident occurred at around 9:30 a.m., when four people took shelter beneath a concrete section of an embankment during heavy rain, and…