Asia

Update: Pakistan Monsoon Rains, Floods Leave Over 900 Dead, Int’l Community Urged For Prompt Assistance

by Raheela Nazir ISLAMABAD, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – As many as 903 people were killed, nearly 1,300 injured and thousands…

Road Mishap Left Nine Dead, 14 Injured In South India

NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (NNN-PTI) – At least nine persons, including four women and two children, died, and around 14…

Sri Lanka Allows Property Developers To Resume Import Of Tiles For Non-Profit Purposes

COLOMBO, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has permitted property developers to import tiles for their own…

Malaysia among top 5 in APAC with most malicious emails detected in 2022 – Kaspersky

PHUKET (Thailand), Aug 25 (NNN-Bernama) — More than half of the malicious emails circulated across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region…

Irrigation Systems Cover 61 Percent Of Farmland In Cambodia: Official

PHNOM PENH, Aug 25 (NNN-AKP) – Irrigation systems covered some 61 percent of the total farmland in Cambodia, Bun Hean,…

Women’s participation in Malaysia’s labour force still low – PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 (NNN-Bernama) — The participation of women in Malaysia’s labour market is still low compared to other Southeast…

AM Best revises outlook on Taiwan’s non-life insurance market to ‘negative’

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 (NNN-Bernama) — Global credit rating agency, AM Best has revised its market segment outlook on Taiwan’s…

Indonesian President Met U.S. Businessmen To Promote Investment

JAKARTA, Aug 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, met here yesterday, with business holders from the U.S., under the…

Pakistan’s Seafood Exports Surged By 30 Percent In July

ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s exports of fish and fish preparations, surged by 30.02 percent, in the first month…

US responds to Iran on nuclear deal as momentum builds

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States responded to Iran’s suggestions on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal as momentum…