Cambodia Dispatched New Batch Of UN Peacekeepers To Lebanon

PHNOM PENH, Feb 6 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia sent the 13th batch of 216 peacekeepers, to join a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, last night. The military multi-skilled engineering group, would substitute the 12th batch, whose one-year term had come to an end, Gen. Sem Sovanny, director-general of the National…

Kenya cashes in on growing demand for Indian travellers

Kenya’s High Commissioner to India Willy Bett at the Outbound Travel Mart (OTM), in Mumbai India MUMBAI (India), Feb 6 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya is relying on the increasing appetite for leisure travel amongst the Indian youths and professionals to increase its tourism arrivals from the market. The country is seeking to grow…

Afghanistan’s Central Bank Auctioned 16 Million More USD To Stabilise Local Currency

KABUL, Feb 6 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), auctioned 16 million U.S. dollars yesterday, to stabilise the exchange rate of the national currency, a statement of the bank said. Afghanistan’s national currency, the afghani, has been tumbling against foreign currencies, especially the U.S. dollar. The exchange…

Iran Says It Informed IAEA Of 60-Percent Uranium Enrichment At Fordow Last Nov

TEHRAN, Feb 6 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday, Tehran had informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), of its decision to start enriching uranium to the purity level of 60 percent at Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), in Nov, 2022. Nasser Kanaani made the remark, in…

Three Killed, 12 Injured In Road Accident In Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 (NNN-APP) – At least three people were killed and 12 others injured, in a road accident in Khanewal district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, yesterday, rescuers told media. According to the rescue team, the accident took place, after a passenger van collided with a truck, near the…

Pakistan’s Former President Pervez Musharraf Passed Away

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s former president and army chief, General Pervez Musharraf, passed away in a hospital in Dubai today, after a prolonged illness, Pakistan’s military confirmed. The Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the Pakistan army, confirmed his death and said that, the military leadership of…

Nine Missing As Fishing Boat Capsized Off South-West S. Korea

SEOUL, Feb 5 (NNN-YONHAP) – Nine people went missing, as a fishing boat capsized, in the waters off south-western South Korea, it was reported today. A report was received at about 11:19 p.m. local time yesterday (1419 GMT) that, the 24-tonne fishing vessel had turned over in the waters 16.6…

Japan’s Narita Airport Passengers Up Threefold Last Year

TOKYO, Feb 5 (NNN-NHK) – The number of airline passengers using Japan’s Narita Airport in Tokyo, saw a year-on-year increase of nearly threefold in 2022, largely owing to the relaxation of border controls, since Oct last year, local media reported today. In 2022, a total of some 15.4 million passengers…

Road Crash Killed Two, Injured Nine In N. Afghanistan

AYBAK, Afghanistan, Feb 5 (NNN-ANA) – Two commuters were killed and nine others injured, in a road crash in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province, provincial traffic police said today. The accident took place late last night, in Daulatabad area of Hazrat Sultan district, when a car collided with another vehicle coming…

Cuban PM participates in Eurasian Council meeting

HAVANA, Feb (NNN-ACN) — Cuban PM Manuel Marrero Cruz participates virtually in the session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, held in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan.On Twitter, the Cuban premier thanked for the invitation to participate in this meeting of the Council, a body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)…
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