Politics

Indonesia Sentences Ex-Minister To Five Years In Prison For Graft In Lobster Seed Export

JAKARTA, Jul 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – An Indonesian court, yesterday, sentenced the country’s former Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Minister, Edhy Prabowo,…

Chinese Ambassador To Pakistan Visits Injured Chinese Nationals From Blast

ISLAMABAD, Jul 16 (NNN-APP) – Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Nong Rong, accompanied by Pakistani Foreign Secretary, Sohail Mahmood, visited the…

Lebanese PM-Designate Hariri Announces Resignation

BEIRUT, Jul 16 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate, Saad Hariri, announced yesterday, his resignation, after failing to line up a…

Afghan Provincial Governor, Taliban Agree On Truce To End Fighting In Qala-E-Naw City

QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Jul 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – The governor of western Badghis province, Hasamudin Shams, made unofficial ceasefire with the Taliban…

PM Muhyiddin To Lead Malaysian Delegation At APEC Informal Leaders’ Retreat Friday

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will lead the Malaysian delegation at the Asia-Pacific Economic…

Iran’s President-Elect Reaffirms Support For Palestine Against Israel

TEHRAN, Jul 15 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian President-elect, Ebrahim Raisi, announced that, Iran will continue its consistent policy of supporting Palestine.…

Five Civilians Killed As Mortar Hits Residential Area In Eastern Afghanistan

MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Jul 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Five civilians lost their lives and 12 others sustained injury, as a mortar mine…

Israel Should Abide By Peace Agreements With Palestine: Palestinian PM

RAMALLAH, Jul 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, said yesterday that, Israel should abide by the peace agreements…

SCO Foreign Ministers Hold Meeting On Afghan Issue

DUSHANBE, Jul 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – A meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)-Afghanistan contact group, was held…

UAE Inaugurates Embassy In Tel Aviv After Normalisation Deal

JERUSALEM, Jul 15 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates opened an embassy in Israeli’s financial capital, Tel Aviv yesterday, less…