Afghanistan Exports Kandahar Pomegranates To Qatar For First Time

KABUL, Dec 28 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan has exported pomegranates from Kandahar province to Qatar, for the first time, as a significant step in efforts to expand the country’s agricultural products to new international markets, local media Tolo news reported, yesterday. The shipment, totalling about 20 tonnes, reflects a growing initiative…

Chilean firms partner to form giant company to exploit lithium

SANTIAGO, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s leading copper producer, and private miner SQM, which features Chinese capital, announced Saturday the creation of a giant company to exploit lithium, a lightweight metal used in batteries for electric vehicles. The South American country is the world’s second-largest producer…

UN Security Council to convene emergency meeting on Israel’s Somaliland recognition

Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel’s recognition of Somaliland in Hargeisa UNITED NATIONS, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council will convene an emergency session on Monday to discuss Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, with members slated to condemn Jerusalem’s move. Israel announced the step on Friday,…

Woman Charged Over 15 Kg Methamphetamine Seizure At Sydney Airport

SYDNEY, Dec 28 (NNN-AAP) – Australian authorities charged a 40-year-old woman, after 15 kg of methamphetamine was located in her luggage, at Sydney Airport on Friday. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF), said in a joint statement yesterday that, the woman was stopped for a routine…

Afghanistan To Build New Residential Township For 4,000 Returnee Families In Kandahar

KABUL, Dec 28 (NNN-BNA) – Afghan authorities will build a new residential township, to accommodate 4,000 returnee families, in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, the local media outlet, Tolo news reported, yesterday. The township will be constructed on 3,000 acres of land in Kandahar’s Zhari district, and will include residential plots,…

Former Japanese PM Ishiba Again Criticises Remarks Advocating Nuclear Armament

TOKYO, Dec 28 (NNN-NHK) – Former Japanese Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has again criticised recent remarks by a senior government official, suggesting that Japan should possess nuclear weapons. Speaking on a programme aired Friday night, by Japan’s BS11 TV, Ishiba said, as the only country to have suffered atomic bombings,…

Hundreds Arrested, Weapons, Drugs Seized During Pre-New Year Crackdown In Delhi

NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (NNN-PTI) – In the run-up to the New Year celebrations, police in New Delhi, arrested hundreds of people, besides seizing weapons and drugs, during an extensive crackdown, to prevent criminal activities during the festive rush, officials said, yesterday. The police made the arrests during a special…

One Dead, 26 Injured In 50-Vehicle Pileup North-West Of Tokyo

TOKYO, Dec 27 (NNN-NHK) – A severe traffic accident, involving over 50 vehicles, yesterday, left one person dead and 26 others injured, on an expressway in Gunma Prefecture, north-west of Tokyo, local media reported, today. The massive pileup occurred on the outbound lane of the Kan-etsu Expressway, in the town…

At Least Seven Killed As Passenger Coach Overturns In N. Vietnam

HANOI, Dec 27 (NNN-VNA) – At least seven people were killed on the spot, when a passenger coach overturned, in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Lao Cai this morning. The coach was carrying 19 people at the time of the accident. According to report, rescue forces had managed to bring…

Nearly 2,500 Foreign Nationals Travel Through Afghanistan’s Borders In One Month

KABUL, Dec 27 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan’s National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA), reported today that, a total of 2,498 foreign nationals travelled through the country’s airports and land border crossings over the past month. About 1,320 foreign nationals entered Afghanistan, while 1,178 others departed the country during the same period,…
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