ASEAN FMs Reaffirm Multilateral Cooperation, Pandemic Response

HANOI, Sept 13 (NNN-VNA) – The 53rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, concluded yesterday, with the ministers reaffirming multilateral cooperation and collective collaboration, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Pham Binh Minh, said. During the meetings,…

More U.S. Military Supplies Enter NE Syria: Report

DAMASCUS, Sept 13 (NNN-SANA) – Fifty truckloads of military gears and logistic supplies for the U.S.-led coalition, entered Syria from Iraq yesterday, a war monitor reported. The convoy entered through the al-Walid crossing and headed to the bases of the U.S.-led coalition in the countryside of the northeastern province of…

China’s Mars Probe Travels 137 Million Km

BEIJING, Sept 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – China’s Mars probe, Tianwen-1, has travelled 137 million km, said sources with the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Centre of China National Space Administration. As of 9.00 a.m. Friday, the probe was in stable condition, at a distance of more than 15.3 million km away…

Thailand’s Cross-Border Commerce Drops 8.5 Percent Over Border Closure

BANGKOK, Sept 12 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce, yesterday reported that, the country’s cross-border trade fell 8.5 percent year-on-year, in the first seven months, mostly due to the closure of border checkpoints amid COVID-19. Overall cross-border trade, including transit trade, totalled 741 billion baht (23.68 billion U.S. dollars), from…

6.1-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, Sept 12 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1, today struck off Miyagi Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 11:44 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 38.7 degrees north, and a longitude of 142.4…

Japan To Set New Missile Defence Plan By End Of 2020: Abe

TOKYO, Sept 12 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, yesterday said, the country will come up with a new missile defence plan, by the end of 2020. The decision came, after the government scrapped in June, a plan to deploy the land-based Aegis Ashore missile defence system, and…

Egyptian, French Leaders Discuss Regional Issues

CAIRO, Sept 12 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, discussed the developments of several regional issues, including Libya. During a phone conversation, both presidents exchanged views over a number of issues of common interests, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman, Bassam Rady, said in a statement.…

Three-Member Team Boards Distressed Oil Tanker Off Sri Lanka To Probe Fire

COLOMBO, Sept 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan Navy said that, a three-member team had boarded the MT New Diamond oil tanker, which caught fire in Sri Lanka’s eastern waters last Thursday, to carry out an investigation after the fire had been completely doused. The three-member team was from the…

Thai Border Police Camps To Be Converted Into COVID-19 Quarantine Centres For Migrant Workers

BANGKOK, Sept 12 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Interior, said, as part of the government’s efforts to ease labour shortage in Thailand, border police camps may be converted to COVID-19 quarantine centres, to house migrant workers who have papers to work in Thailand. The Interior Ministry has jurisdiction and is…

Daesh Inmates Stage Riot In Kurdish-Run Prison In North-eastern Syria: Watchdog

DAMASCUS, Sept 10 (NNN-SANA) – Daesh inmates staged a riot yesterday, inside a prison run by Kurdish forces, in Syria’s north-eastern province of Hasakah, a war monitor reported. In the riot that broke out after midnight, the inmates destroyed a wall in Ghweiran prison and reached the yard of the…
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