Ecuador cracks down on illegal mining to transform economy
QUITO, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In a desolate area of Ecuador’s northern Andes, dozens of electricity generators are cordoned off…
Thailand set to deliver first batch of medical marijuana
BANGKOK, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thailand plans to distribute about 10,000 bottles of cannabis oil next week for hospital patients,…
Indonesia forest fires spark haze warnings in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and western Sarawak have begun to experience haze due…
Bangladesh struggles with worst outbreak of dengue fever
DHAKA, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bangladesh is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals packed with patients as…
Somalia bomb attack: Mogadishu’s mayor dies in Qatar while getting treatment for wounds
MOGADISHU, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has died of wounds sustained in a suicide bomb…
Six children killed by lightning in Guinea: Witness
Conakry, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six children aged between four and 10 died after they were struck by lightning while…
US Pres Trump’s son-in-law Kushner meets Egypt’s Sisi for Mideast peace plan talks
CAIRO, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump’s advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner met on Thursday with Egyptian President…
Six bombs explode in Bangkok as city hosts major security summit, 4 injured
A bomb squad deployed to the scene of an explosion near central Bangkok’s Chong Nonsi BTS station on Aug 2,…
French drug smuggler’s death sentence commuted in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) –: A French drug smuggler’s death sentence has been commuted by an Indonesian court to 19…
World will lose brake on nuclear war with end of INF treaty: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned by rising tensions between nuclear-armed states, warning “the world…