Kazakhstan’s Parliament Approves Spaceport Cooperation With Russia

NUR-SULTAN, Dec 19 (NNN-KAZINFORM) – The lower house of Kazakh parliament, approved amendments to a Kazakh-Russian agreement, on building the Baiterek space rocket complex, at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Askar Zhumagaliev said, Kazakhstan plans to allocate 233 million U.S. dollars, to modernise the…

Landslide In Metro Construction Site Kills Four In Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Four workers were killed by a landslide, in the open section of a construction site of Yunusabad metro line in Tashkent, Uzbek Emergency ministry said. Earlier in the day, the ministry said, continued rainfall has caused a collapse of 250 cubic metres of soil…

India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Hits Streets For Third Day Against New Citizenship Law

NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (NNN-PTI) – Chief Minister of India’s eastern state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, hit the streets for the third straight day, against the controversial new citizenship law, demanding its revocation, officials said. Banerjee, along with her party colleagues, began a protest march from Howrah Maidan, which…

Brunei, China Sign Muskmelon Export Protocol

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 18 (NNN-BBNEWS) – China and Brunei signed a protocol on the phyto-sanitary requirement, to allow export of muskmelon from Brunei to China, Brunei’s Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, said. The signing was made in Beijing on Monday, between the General Administration of Customs of China…

Over 80 Militants Killed In 24 Hours As Afghan Forces Step Up Operations

KABUL, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 80 militants have been killed in the western, eastern and southern region of the conflict-battered Afghanistan, over the past 24 hours, as the government forces have stepped up operations, amid peace efforts, to gain more grounds ahead of winter, officials said today. In…

Iran To Host Regional Security Meeting Today

TEHRAN, Dec 18 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran is hosting an international meeting, on regional security, today (Wednesday), Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, announced. Shamkhani said in a statement that, the 2nd meeting of the Regional Security Dialogue, will be held in Tehran with the attendance of top…

Fiji Records 23 Confirmed Cases Of Measles, 94 Percent Vaccinated

SUVA, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fiji recorded 23 confirmed cases of measles by today (Wednesday), according to the update from the Ministry of Health. The latest cases are a 13-month-old toddler and a 20-year-old from Saumakia Village in Naitasiri, one of Fiji’s 14 provinces on Viti Levu, the main island.…

Kenya Launches Extended Railway’s Freight Service, Inland Container Depot

by Yang Zhen and Naftali Mwaura NAIROBI, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kenya launched the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) cargo service, and an inland container depot (ICD), that are expected to revolutionise transport of bulk cargo to the east Africa nation’s hinterland and neighbours. Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta and Chinese…

Update: Fresh Violence Against New Citizenship Act In Delhi

NEW DELHI, Dec 18 (NNN-PTI) – Fresh violence was reported from parts of Delhi on Tuesday evening, against the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed by the country’s Parliament last week, TV media reports said. Delhi Police personnel used teargas shells to disperse the protesters in East Delhi,…

Pakistan’s Musharraf Sentenced To Death: Media Reports

ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (NNN-APP) – A special court in Pakistan, handed the death sentence to former President, Pervez Musharraf, on charges relating to the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in Nov, 2007, according to local media reports. A three-member bench of the special court delivered a short verdict in the case,…
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