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People-To-People Ties Make Singapore-Malaysia Relation “Special” – Envoy

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Singapore High Commission held…

Iraqi Leaders Called For Dialogue To Solve Political Deadlock

BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s top officials and political leaders, yesterday, called on loyalists to prominent Shiite cleric, Moqtada…

India Enhanced Credit Guarantee To Revive Pandemic-Hit Hospitality Sector

MUMBAI, Aug 18 (NNN-PTI) – India enhanced the limit of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) by 6.3 billion U.S.…

Six Dead From House Fire In Jakarta

JAKARTA, Aug 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – Six tenants died, after allegedly being trapped in a fire, at a rooming four-story house,…

Japan’s Suicide Rate Spiked Due To Pandemic: Study

TOKYO, Aug 18 (NNN-NHK) – The COVID-19 pandemic saw suicide rate in Japan spike between Mar, 2020 and Jun, 2022,…

U.S. Steals 398 Tankers Of Oil From Syria In Five Days

DAMASCUS, Aug 17 (NNN-SANA) – The U.S. forces have stolen 398 tankers of Syrian oil, since Thursday, and sent them…

Iraq’s Finance Minister Resigned Amid Political Row

BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi, resigned yesterday, amid a rampant political row in…

Australia’s Floods Likely To Continue With Return Of La Nina

SYDNEY, Aug 17 (NNN-AAP) – The record-breaking downpours and flash floods that plagued Australia’s eastern states in recent years are…

Chinese Space-Tracking Ship Docked At Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port

COLOMBO, Aug 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – China’s space-tracking ship, Yuanwang-5, docked at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota International Port (HIP), for replenishment purposes.…

Road Crash Killed Three In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Aug 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – Three people were killed in a car crash that occurred on the Jagorawi toll road,…