Singapore Urges Citizens To Consider Leaving Myanmar

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, March 5 (NNN-Bernama) — The Singapore government has advised its citizens currently in Myanmar to consider leaving the country as soon as they can by commercial means while it is still possible to do so, according to the republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday. In view…

UN expert urges ‘global arms embargo’, sanctions on Myanmar

GENEVA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations Security Council should impose a “global arms embargo” and targeted sanctions against Myanmar’s military, a top UN rights expert said, voicing alarm at the brutal repression of anti-coup protests. In a fresh report, Thomas Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights…

US adds Myanmar ministries, commercial entities to blacklist

Anti-coup protesters take cover behind makeshift barricades in Mandalay WASHINGTON, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Department of Commerce on Thursday added Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Home Affairs, and two commercial entities to its trade blacklist. The Commerce Department also announced more restrictive export control measures against Myanmar.…

Iran’s FM Reiterates Nuke Deal Not Renegotiable

TEHRAN, Mar 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, yesterday, reiterated that, the 2015 nuclear deal is not renegotiable. “JCPOA cannot be renegotiated,” Zarif tweeted, referring to the nuclear deal, commonly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). He urged the parties which signed the deal…

China, Egypt Ink Cooperation Deal On Technology Incubators

CAIRO, Mar 5 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt and China signed, yesterday, a deal to conduct cooperation on technology incubators, the Chinese embassy in Cairo said. The deal was signed by Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with Egypt’s Electronics Research Institute (ERI), the…

Pakistani PM To Seek Vote Of Confidence From Parliament

ISLAMABAD, Mar 5 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, said yesterday that, he will seek a vote of confidence tomorrow, from the country’s parliament, after his party lost one of the two seats for Senate, against opposition alliance in the national assembly. In an address to the country, the…

NEMA Warns Locals To Evacuate Immediately After 8-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Mar 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of New Zealand, today launched the third consecutive tsunami warning, after an 8-magnitude quake, the third strong quake overnight, rattled at 8:25 a.m. local time, at the Kermadec Islands, around 1,100 km north of the North Island of New…

Dual Strong Quakes Strike Off New Zealand, No Casualties Reported, So Far

WELLINGTON, Mar 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A 7.1-magnitude earthquake followed by a stronger 7.4-magnitude quake, rattled off the North Island of New Zealand, causing “severe” shaking and sparking tsunami warnings, GeoNet NZ said today. No casualties have been reported, so far. The first quake, which occurred at 2:27 a.m. local time,…

Covid-19: South Africa, China seize fake vaccines – Interpol

LYON (France), March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Security officials in China and South Africa seized thousands of counterfeit doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the global police agency Interpol revealed.The international police force said in a statement that 400 vials, equivalent to about 2,400 doses, containing the fake vaccine were found at…

Unfair Vaccine Distribution: NAM Chairman President Aliyev’s Call Is Timely

By R.Ravichandran KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (NNN-Bernama) — As nations around the world race towards securing vaccines, the recent call by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev as the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) regarding the unfair distribution of vaccines is not only timely but important to ensure the pandemic is…
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