Asia

Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Tame Soaring Rice Prices

MANILA, Feb 5 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine Agriculture Secretary, Francisco Tiu Laurel, declared a food security emergency on rice, to stabilise…

Thailand To Cut Power, Fuel Supply, Internet At Thai-Myanmar Border To Combat Online Scams

BANGKOK, Feb 5 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand will cut electricity, fuel supply, and internet services to five areas in Myanmar, along…

Crashed AZAL Plane Fully Flightworthy Upon Reaching Grozny: Preliminary Report

ALMATY, Feb 5 (NNN-TNA) – The Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane, that crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Dec…

S. Korea’s Court Holds 5th Hearing Of Yoon’s Impeachment Trial, With Yoon Present

SEOUL, Feb 5 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s constitutional court, yesterday, held the fifth hearing of impeachment trial on President Yoon…

China Sees Travel Surge As Spring Festival Holiday Concludes

BEIJING, Feb 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – With the Spring Festival holiday drawing to an end, China’s highways, railways and airports are…

Kenya, Iran to deepen tea and livestock trade

NAIROBI, Feb 4 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya is targeting to enhance bilateral trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran through enhance…

Uzbekistan Exported Peppers Worth 8.9 Million USD Last Year

TASHKENT, Feb 4 (NNN-UzA) – Uzbekistan exported peppers worth 8.9 million U.S. dollars, last year, the country’s Statistics Agency said,…

Cambodia Completes Restoration Of Ancient Temple In UNESCO-Listed Angkor Park

PHNOM PENH, Feb 4 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia completed the restoration of a more than 1,000-year-old brick temple, on the north…

US to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council, halt fund for UNRWA: media

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — US President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders on Tuesday to withdraw from…

Report Reveals 9.6-Billion-USD Annual Cost Of Saving Australian Species From Extinction

SYDNEY, Feb 4 (NNN-AAP) – Saving Australia’s priority species from extinction would cost almost 10 billion U.S. dollars annually, for…