Kazakhstan To Modernise Over 3,000 Villages By 2024

NUR-SULTAN, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakhstan plans to modernise 3,477 villages by 2024, in accordance with new regional standards, making drinking water, repaired roads and basic social facilities available, in the most remote rural areas, First Deputy Prime Minister, Alikhan Smailov, said, at a Nur Otan Party session. “The government…

Myanmar Military Seizes Large Amount Of Arms, Ammunition In Fight With Insurgents

YANGON, Nov 25 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s armed forces seized large amount of arms and ammunition in Namsang township, northern Shan state, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services said. The seizure was made during an encounter between a military column and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), near…

New Zealand Foreign Minister To Visit United Arab Emirates

WELLINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-WAM) – New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, will travel on Tuesday to the United Arab Emirates, for a five-day visit, a government statement announced on Sunday (today). “New Zealand enjoys a dynamic and wide-ranging relationship with the UAE, an important partner for New Zealand in…

Chinese Firms Sign 184-Million-USD Deals To Purchase Goods From Laos

KUNMING, China, Nov 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese companies, signed contracts worth 1.3 billion yuan (about 184 million U.S. dollars) to purchase goods, mainly agricultural products, from their Laos counterparts. The deals were signed as the 2019 Sino-Laos Investment Fair concluded Friday, in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province. A…

5.9-Magnitude Quake Jolts New Zealand, Felt By Thousands

WELLINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit North Island, New Zealand, on Sunday (this) morning and was felt by thousands of people. More than 5,000 people reported feeling the earthquake, which happened offshore around 5:34 a.m. local time. There is no report of human casualty yet. The earthquake,…

Iran Condemns U.S. Sanctions On Information Minister

TEHRAN, Nov 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry, on Saturday, condemned the U.S. fresh move, to sanction the Iranian minister of information and communications technology (ICT). U.S. Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, announced sanctions on the Iranian Minister, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, over what he called, Jahromi’s alleged role in the…

Suspected Daesh “Liaison” To Abu Sayyaf Killed In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Nov 24 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine security forces have killed an alleged liaison of the Daesh to the Abu Sayyaf militants, operating in the remote island provinces in southern Philippines, the military confirmed on Saturday. The military’s Joint Task Force Sulu (JTFS), identified the slain militant as Talha Jumsah, also…

Chinese Premier meets IMF chief

BEIJING, Nov 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, met with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, and pledged further opening up of the country’s financial sector. Li said, China and leaders of major international economic institutions sent strong signals of jointly safeguarding multi-lateralism and free trade, tackling…

10 More Daesh Militants Surrender In E. Afghan

KABUL, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ten Daesh militants surrendered to Afghan forces, during a cleanup operation in the country’s eastern province of Nangarhar, the command of special forces said, today. The operation was conducted late on Friday in the militancy affecting Achin district of Nangarhar, where 10 more desperate Daesh…

Death Toll Rises To Four In Naxals Attack In Eastern India

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in Friday night’s attack by armed rebels, Naxals, on policemen, in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand has risen to four, a local police source said today. The armed rebels attacked a patrolling police party in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, as the cops…
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