Cambodia On Track To Achieving 2025 Landmine-Free Goal: PM

KAMPONG SPEU, Cambodia, Oct 30 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia is making good progress towards achieving its landmine-free goal by 2025, the country’s Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said today. “So far, 13 out of 25 provinces in Cambodia have been declared mine-free, and we are on track to achieving our mine-free target…

Australia, EU Fail To Make Progress In FTA Negotiations: Minister

CANBERRA, Oct 30 (NNN-AAP) – The Australian government has walked away from a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), after failing to make progress in negotiations. Don Farrell, Australia’s minister for trade and tourism, yesterday said that, following talks on the sidelines of the Group of Seven…

Update: 45 Killed In Kazakhstan Mine Accident

ASTANA, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from a coal mine accident in central Kazakhstan has reached 45, said the Ministry of Emergency Situations, yesterday. Rescue operations are still going on for one missing miner, after a fire broke out Saturday, at the Kostenko mine of the ArcelorMittal Temirtau…

Deaths In Kazakhstan’s Mine Accident Rose To 36

ASTANA, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll of the mine accident in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region, has risen to 36, with 10 people reported missing, the country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said, yesterday. “At present, 36 bodies have been recovered and the search for 10 miners is continuing,” the ministry…

ADB Provides 106 Million For Water Management, Agricultural Productivity In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Oct 30 (NNN-BSS) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh, yesterday signed a loan agreement for 106 million U.S. dollars, to improve water resources management and agricultural productivity in rural Bangladesh. An agreement for a grant of 17.80 million U.S. dollars from the government of…

Israel Launched Missile Against Syria

DAMASCUS, Oct 30 (NNN-SANA) – The Israeli regime launched a missile attack last night, targeting several areas in Syria’s southern province of Daraa, in response to the alleged firing of rockets from Syria, according to a war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the Israeli missile strikes, on…

Kuwait Not To Normalise Ties With Israel Unless Palestinian Issue Solved: FM

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 30 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, reiterated yesterday, Kuwait’s refusal to normalise relations with Israel, “unless a future Palestinian state is established, in line with international resolutions.” He made the remarks at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Foreign…

Pakistan To Strengthen Pharmaceutical Industry To Meet Demand, Enhance Exports

ISLAMABAD, Oct 30 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani government is making efforts to enhance the pharmaceutical industry to meet rising domestic demand and promote exports, said a minister. “The pharmaceutical industry of Pakistan is playing a crucial role in meeting growing public demand for medicine and promoting exports,” said Pakistani caretaker…

Death Toll Rises To Six In India’s Train Mishap

NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (NNN-PTI) – At least six people were killed and 18 others injured, in a train mishap, which occurred in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh last night, local media reported. According to official sources, the train mishap happened between Alamanda and Kantakapalle, in the northern part…

Tehran, Riyadh Reach Initial Agreement On Visa Cancellation For Traders: Official

TEHRAN, Oct 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran and Saudi Arabia have reached a preliminary agreement, on removing visa requirements for the two countries’ traders, said Mohammad-Sadeq Qanadzadeh, deputy head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organisation (TPO). Qanadzadeh stressed that, the efforts by the TPO, Iran’s apparatus responsible for trade diplomacy, are in…