New clashes erupt between southern secessionists and Yemen government

Yemen soldiers .Photo courtesy of Anadolu SANA, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) –  Clashes erupted for a second straight day on Thursday in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden between Saudi-backed government troops and secessionists seeking independence for southern Yemen, resulting in the death of at least one civilian. The fighting threatens…

Kashmir dispute: Pakistan downgrades ties with India

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan (front L) chairs a National Security Committee meeting along with armed forces chiefs and other government officials in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. Pakistan on Wednesday decided to suspend bilateral trade and downgrade its diplomatic relations with India in a meeting of the National Security Committee…

Turkey wants to increase investments in Malaysia: envoy

Turkish Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur, Merve Kavakci speaks during an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency in Ankara, Turkey on August 06, 2019, as she visits to attend the 11th Ambassadors’ Conference. Photo courtesy of Güven Yılmaz – Anadolu Agency ANKARA, Aug 8 (NNN-ANADOLU) -Ankara wants to increase investments in Malaysia as part of…

US and Turkey agree to establish joint centre to work on Syria safe zone

ANKARA, Aug 8 (NNN-ANADOLU)  -Turkish and U.S. military officials have agreed that the safe-zone in northern Syria will be a “peace corridor” for displaced Syrians longing to return home, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said Wednesday.  The officials finalized key points of the safe-zone at a meeting in Ankara, the ministry said in a…

Pompeo optimistic talks with North Korea can resume within weeks

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was hopeful that working group-level talks with North Korea can be restarted within weeks, as he downplayed the latest rocket tests. “We are planning for negotiations in a couple of weeks,” Pompeo said in Washington. He stressed that the US remained focused on…

N. Korean leader says missile launches were ‘warning’ against allies’ joint exercise

SEOUL, Aug. 7 (NNN-Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said this week’s missile launches were an “adequate warning” against the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States that kicked off earlier this week, state media reported Wednesday. On Tuesday, North Korea fired two projectiles believed to…

Conference on Venezuela launches urgent call for early elections

CARACAS. Aug 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Participants in an international conference discussing Venezuela’s crisis on Tuesday stressed the need for an urgent solution and for fresh presidential elections. The International Contact Group on Venezuela (ICG), which includes European and Latin American countries, warned that “the rapidly deteriorating crisis … is seriously…

Iran conditions talks with U.S. for lift of sanctions

TEHRAN, Aug 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — If the United States wants negotiations with the Islamic republic, it must lift all the sanctions against Iran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday. U.S. sanctions against Iran violate human rights and amount to a “crime,” Rouhani was quoted as saying by state TV.…

Announcement today on transition from analogue to digital TV broadcast

Voucher code websitecar troublesPowered by Embed YouTube Video LANGKAWI, Aug 6 (NNN-Bernama) — The nation’s broadcasting industry is set to record another milestone with the announcement later today on the gradual transition from the analogue television broadcast to the myFreeview digital broadcast service. The historic announcement will be made by…

Korea’s current account surplus surges to 8-month high in June

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (NNN-Yonhap) — South Korea’s current account surplus reached an eight-month high in June on a goods account surplus and record high returns from foreign investment, central bank data showed Tuesday. The country’s current account surplus came to US$6.38 billion in the month, the highest since October when…