Tajik Investment Forum Concludes With Agreements Worth 4.1 Billion USD

DUSHANBE, Oct 17 (NNN-KNA) – A total of 52 cooperation agreements worth 4.1 billion U.S. dollars were signed, following the “Dushanbe Invest 2025” International Investment Forum, the Asia-Plus News Agency reported, yesterday, citing Tajikistan’s State Committee on Investments and State Property Management. The agreements include five deals worth 2.5 billion…

Zionist Israeli Airstrikes Killed One, Wounded Seven In Southern Lebanon: Health Authorities

BEIRUT, Oct 17 (NNN-NNA) – One person was killed and seven others were wounded yesterday, in a series of Zionist Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre said. The centre said in a statement that, one person was killed in the eastern town…

Cambodia, South Korea Discuss Joint Efforts To Combat Online Scams

PHNOM PENH, Oct 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said yesterday that, he met here with South Korea’s second vice minister of foreign affairs, Kim Jina, discussing joint efforts to combat online scams. In a post on his official social media platforms, Hun Manet said, cooperation between the…

Malaysia’s Financial Market Remains Orderly Amid Global Volatility: Central Bank

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Despite heightened global volatility, driven by U.S. tariff developments, concerns over global growth and geopolitical tensions, Malaysia’s central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, said yesterday that, Malaysia’s financial market conditions remained orderly. The Financial Market Stress Index peaked in May, but has since moderated, reflecting…

Afghanistan, Pakistan May Hold Talks In Doha: Media

KABUL, Oct 17 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan and Pakistan may hold talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar, according to a report by Afghanistan’s TOLOnews, citing government sources, on Wednesday evening. The source said, an Afghan delegation is expected to travel to Doha in the near future, to hold talks with…

Foreign Visitors To Japan Surpass 30 Million At Record Pace

TOKYO, Oct 16 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan between Jan and Sept, rose to around 31.65 million, marking the first time on record that the number surpassed 30 million, in the first nine months of the year, official data showed. The nine-month figure rose 17.7 percent…

Record Seven Killed By Bear Attacks In Japan So Far This Year

TOKYO, Oct 16 (NNN-NHK) – Japan has confirmed seven deaths caused by bear attacks, so far this year, which started in April, the highest since records began in fiscal 2006, according to the Environment Ministry. The bear-related death toll surpassed the previous record of six, logged in fiscal 2023, the…

Australia’s Rainforests First To Switch From Carbon Sink To Source: Study

SYDNEY, Oct 16 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s tropical rainforests have become a net source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, driven largely by rising temperatures, air dryness and droughts, linked to human-driven climate change, new research shows. The study published in Nature has found that Australia’s wet tropics are the first…

No Casualties Reported After 6.6-Magnitude Quake Hits Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – No casualties or major damage have been reported, after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Papua province, today. According to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the quake’s epicentre was located about 32 km south-east of the Sarmi district, at a depth of 18…

Zionist Israeli Defence Minister Orders Military To Prepare Plan To Resume Assault In Gaza If Ceasefire Collapses

JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Unrepentant Zionist Israeli Defence Minister, Israel Katz, warned yesterday that, if Hamas does not demilitarise and return all bodies of hostages it holds, the Zionist Israeli army will return to fighting. The threat came on the sixth day of a fragile ceasefire, as Hamas handed…