Nepal, China Trade Grows After Reopening Of Border Point

KATHMANDU, Dec 2 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Trade has been on the rise between Nepal and China, after the reopening of the Tatopani-Zhangmu border point, according to data from Nepal’s Department of Customs. The border point had been out of service since Nepal’s deadly earthquake in 2015, before it was resumed in…

Russia cements role as gas ‘kingpin’ with three new pipelines

MOSCOW, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin andChinese leader Xi Jinping launch Monday a gas pipeline that is the first ofthree ambitious projects intended to cement Moscow’s role as top gasexporter. Putin and Xi are to inaugurate by video link-up the “Power of Siberia”pipeline, sending Siberian gas to…

12 Feared Killed As Rains Lash India’s Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (NNN-PTI) – Rain lashed many parts of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry, with the North-East monsoon, in the last 24 hours, claiming 12 lives in the state capital, even as the Met office predicted more showers in the next two days. Various parts of the state…

Iran Starts Candidate Registration For Parliamentary Elections

TEHRAN, Dec 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, on Sunday, began registration of candidates for the upcoming legislative elections, amid mounting pressures from the United States, on the country’s vital economic sectors. The 11th round of parliamentary elections is slated for Feb 21, 2020, four years after the previous one in 2016.…

HIV/AIDS Kill More Than 1,300 Cambodians In 2018, Down 48 Percent In Nine Years

PHNOM PENH, Dec 1 (NNN-AKP) – HIV/AIDS killed more than 1,300 people in Cambodia in 2018, down 48 percent from over 2,500 deaths in 2010, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said today. Speaking at an event marking World AIDS Day, Mouly said, some 880 people became newly…

Over Two Dozen Militants Killed, 31 Daesh Fighters Surrender In Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 24 armed Taliban insurgents were killed and 31 militants, affiliated with the hard-line Daesh outfit surrendered, in the insurgency-battered Afghanistan, over the past 24 hours, officials said. The security forces, in crackdown on the Taliban hideouts, killed eight armed insurgents in the restive…

Six European countries join barter system for Iran trade

PARIS, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Paris, London and Berlin on Saturdaywelcomed six new European countries to the INSTEX barter mechanism, which is designed to circumvent US sanctions against trade with Iran by avoiding use of the dollar. “As founding shareholders of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges(INSTEX), France, Germany…

Iran Navy Mass Produces “Jask” Cruise Missile

TEHRAN, Dec 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s navy announced mass production of the indigenous submarine-launched Jask cruise missile, Press TV reported. Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said, Iranian submarines will be equipped with the missile, the range of which will be improved “substantially” in the future. He said, the weapon…

Sri Lanka, UNODC Discuss Maritime Crime Prevention

COLOMBO, Dec 1 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka, aiming to prevent maritime crime and drug trafficking in local waters, conveyed its intention to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), local media reports said. In the talks held between Miwa Cato, director of operations in UNODC and Sri Lankan Minister…

Seminar Held On Chinese-Jordanian Cultural Cooperation

AMMAN, Dec 1 (NNN-PETRA) – The Cultural Cooperation Committee between China and Jordan, held a seminar on Sino-Jordanian cultural ties, in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The seminar was held in cooperation with the Chinese embassy in Amman and the Jordanian Society for Science and Culture. Samir Habashneh, head of the…
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