Earthquake Rocks East Afghanistan, No Damage Reported

KABUL, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An earthquake jolted eastern Afghanistan and was felt in the capital city of Kabul last night. The country’s Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, confirmed that the tremor occurred at around 10:50 p.m. (1820 GMT), adding that, details will be shared with the media…

Iran Threatens To Stop Implementing IAEA Additional Protocol If U.S. Sanctions Not Lifted

TEHRAN, Feb 19 (NNN-IRNA) – A senior Iranian official said, Iran will stop implementing the Additional Protocol of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), if U.S. sanctions against Iran are not lifted soon. Amir Abdollahian, special assistant to the speaker of Parliament, said, the deadline for the U.S. and European signatories…

Former PM Najib To Testify In Rosmah’s Graft Trial

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Najib Razak will testify as a defence witness in his wife, Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial relating to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak. Rosmah’s lawyer Jagjit Singh said the former prime minister was among the defence witnesses who…

Malaysian Court Accepts Audio Recording “Can I Advise You Something” As Evidence In Rosmah’s Graft Trial

By Nor Fariza Mohd Razhi KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — An audio recording and a transcript containing the phrase “Can I advise you something?” are admissible as evidence in Rosmah Mansor’s trial relating to the RM1.25-billion solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak. The audio recording, previously…

Egypt, Pakistan Eye Further Security, Economic Cooperation

CAIRO, Feb 18 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, held talks yesterday with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on boosting security and economic cooperation between the two countries, said the Egyptian presidency in a statement. Sisi and Qureshi discussed bolstering ties between Egypt and Pakistan “especially in terms…

Police Foil Sale Of 24 Protected Animals In East Java

JAKARTA, Feb 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s East Java provincial police and the local natural resources conservation centre, thwarted the sale of 24 protected animals, a police officer, said. The police seized 15 Moluccan cockatoos, one crested hawk-eagle, and eight East Javan langurs, the East Java provincial police’s spokesman, Senior Commissioner,…

Foreign Visitors To Japan Fall 98.3 Percent In Jan

TOKYO, Feb 18 (NNN-NHK) – The preliminary number of foreign visitors to Japan stood at 46,500, down 98.3 percent in Jan, compared to a year earlier, decreasing for the 16th consecutive month, statistics showed. The plunge in the number was caused by the country’s suspension of entry of all non-resident…

Sri Lanka Lifts Travel Ban On Visitors From Britain

COLOMBO, Feb 18 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry, said yesterday that, the temporary travel restrictions, introduced by the government on visitors travelling from Britain, due to the spread of a new COVID-19 variant, were lifted with immediate effect. The Foreign Ministry said, in a statement, that, following discussions with…

India Imports Over 85 Percent Of Oil, 53 Percent Of Gas In 2019-20: PM

NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said, India imported over 85 percent of oil and 53 percent of gas, to meet domestic demand in the 2019-2020 (April 2019-March 2020) fiscal year. Modi gave the figures while laying the foundation stone of various key projects, of…

Japan’s Olympics Minister Hashimoto, Top Candidate To Replace Mori As Tokyo 2020 President

TOKYO, Feb 18 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Olympics minister, Hashimoto Seiko, has been named the top candidate to become the new president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, it was stated here, yesterday. The eight-member selection committee for the new president, pegged the minister for the Tokyo Games chief, to replace…
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