UN Welcomes First Commercial Flight From Sanaa To Cairo

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2 (NNN-YPA) – The United Nations, yesterday, welcomed the first commercial flight from Yemen’s Sanaa airport to Cairo, earlier in the day, a UN spokesman said. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told the regular press briefing that, “this was the seventh flight operating under…

Turkey, Pakistan Vow To Enhance Bilateral Ties With “Strategic Perspective”

ANKARA, Jun 2 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey and Pakistan yesterday pledged to strengthen cooperation with a “strategic perspective” on both bilateral and international levels. “We are ready to further strengthen Turkey-Pakistan relations with a strategic perspective, in line with the history, friendship and potential of the two countries,” Turkish President, Recep…

Pakistan To Strengthen Ties With Strategic Partners To Boost Economic Development: Minister

ISLAMABAD, Jun 2 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, said yesterday that, his country would further strengthen relations with its strategic partners, to boost economic development of Pakistan. Addressing a conference, organised by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, the minister said, China brought…

Malaysia Conveys Palestinian Voice Peacefully In Washington

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (NNN-Bernama) – Most of the issues raised by ASEAN leaders when they met with the United States (US) president Joe Biden, who hosted the ASEAN-US Special Summit in Washington D.C. last month, had a lot in common. They raised issues such as on the Ukraine-Russia and…

UN Launches Initiative To Bolster Youth Employment In Arab Region

BEIRUT, Jun 1 (NNN-NNA) – The Beirut-based UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), yesterday launched an initiative, to provide employment opportunities and training for young people in the Arab region, as part of its efforts to reduce inequalities in the region, the ESCWA said, in a press…

Japan To Allow More Airports To Accept Entrants From Abroad

TOKYO, Jun 1 (NNN-NHK) – Japan plans to let more regional airports to accept entrants from abroad, Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, said yesterday, amid the country’s gradual relaxation of strict border measures, implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We will enable regional airports, such as Sendai (in north-eastern…

Wheat Smuggling Bid Foiled In S. Afghanistan

KABUL, May 31 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s security forces, seized 50 trucks loaded with wheat, in the country’s southern province of Helmand, foiling a smuggling bid, the local government confirmed today. The seizure took place along the Kandahar-Herat highway, in Washer district in the province, 555 km in the south of…

Malaysian Ringgit opens lower against US dollar despite DXY correction

By Rosemarie Khoo Mohd Sani KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian ringgit opened lower against the US dollar on lack of buying support, despite a correction in the greenback index or DXY which fell further to 101.367 points after being in an overbought position for some time, an…

U.S.-Led IPEF Threatens ASEAN Centrality, Unity: Cambodian Academic

PHNOM PENH, May 31 (NNN-AKP) – The so-called Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), led by the U.S., is another strategy to undermine the centrality of ASEAN, and to create divisions among the bloc’s member states, a Cambodian academic said yesterday. In an opinion piece, published in the English-language newspaper, Khmer Times,…

Lao Ruling Party Resolves Action To Urgently Address Economic Woes

VIENTIANE, May 31 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, resolved action, to urgently address economic difficulties, especially those relating to fuel shortage, fluctuating currency exchange rates and rising inflation. The 11th Party Central Committee adopted the resolution at its fourth session, which took place in the…
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