Two Kurdish Security Members Killed, Two Wounded In PKK’s Attack In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (NNN-NINA) – Two Kurdish security members were killed and two others wounded, yesterday, in an attack by fighters affiliated with Turkey’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, a local official said. The deadly incident took place in Jamanki area, near the town of…

Philippine Manufacturing Output Continues To Shrink In Sept

MANILA, Nov 5 (NNN-PNA) – Performance of manufacturing production in the Philippines continued to contract in Sept, amid the prolonged COVID-19 lockdown, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), said today. The PSA said, the year-on-year value of production index (VaPI) and the volume of production index (VoPI), remain at a downward…

Australia’s Largest Battery To Boost Green Energy Uptake

SYDNEY, Nov 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian officials granted approval today, for one of the world’s largest lithium-ion batteries, to be built in the State of Victoria, helping drive the region’s renewable energy push and COVID-19 recovery. Expected to be roughly as large as a medium-sized football stadium, the Tesla type…

Singapore Steps Up Enforcement Against Market Abuse, Financial Misconduct

SINGAPORE, Nov 5 (NNN-CNA) – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has taken several strong actions, against financial institutions and individuals for market abuse, financial misconduct, and control breaches related to money laundering, MAS said. From Jan, 2019, to June, 2020, MAS detailed various enforcement actions taken, for breaches of…

Brunei Launches Domestic Tourism Campaign Amid COVID-19

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov 5 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei’s Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism, Haji Ali, yesterday launched a domestic tourism campaign, as the country’s inbound tourists have plummeted, during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Initiated by the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism and the Brunei Tourism Board, through the…

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Disagree On “Methodology” For Nile Dam Talks

CAIRO, Nov 5 (NNN-MENA) – The water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, yesterday, failed to agree on a methodology for completing their negotiations over Ethiopia’s giant Nile River dam in the coming stage, said the Egyptian water ministry in a statement. The three ministers held a virtual meeting earlier…

Japan’s Agriculture Minister Confirms Avian Flu Outbreak In Western Japan

TOKYO, Nov 5 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government on Thursday (today), said, an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu had been confirmed, at a chicken farm in western Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture. Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kotaro Nogami, informed Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, of the outbreak, at…

Morocco Reports Highest Single-Day Rise Of 5,745 COVID-19 Cases

RABAT, Nov 5 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco reported yesterday, 5,745 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily spike since the start of the outbreak. According to the new data, published by the ministry of health, Morocco now has a total of 235,310 cases, and 3,982 people have died from the virus, including…

Israeli Troops Shot Dead Palestinian Man After His Attempted Attack: Military

JERUSALEM, Nov 5 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli troops, yesterday, shot and killed a Palestinian man, in the occupied West Bank, after he attempted to carry out an attack, the Israeli army said. The incident took place at a crossroads, south of Nablus city, in the northern West Bank. The soldiers thwarted…

Pakistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina To Boost Economic, Trade Cooperation

ISLAMABAD, Nov 5 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, and Chairman of the presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sefik Dzaferovic, yesterday agreed to further mutual cooperation in various fields, especially in economic activities, trade and investment, and science and technology, the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office, said. The Pakistani prime minister exchanged…