Asia

Ministers meet to promote RCEP signing by year’s end

HANOI, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The 8th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting was held online on August 27 under…

Oldest man in Japan dies at age 110

TOKYO, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK) — Motoi Fukunishi, who was the oldest man in Japan, has died at the age of 110 years,…

Christchurch mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole

MOSCOW, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Christchurch shooter who in 2019 killed 51 people in attacks on two New Zealand mosques,…

Iran’s FM Slams Pompeo For Trying To “Flood” Region With Weapons

TEHRAN, Aug 26 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, criticised U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, for “violating…

Iran Willing To Keep Cooperation With IAEA Under Int’l Norms: FM

Zarif made the remarks, during a meeting with IAEA Director General, Rafael Grossi, in the Iranian capital, Tehran. TEHRAN, Aug…

Flash Floods Kill At Least 25, Wound 40 In E. Afghanistan

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – 25 people were killed and 40 others wounded, in torrential floods in Afghanistan’s eastern…

Six Killed In Truck Bomb Explosion In N. Afghanistan, Taliban Claims Responsibility

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Six people, including an assailant, were killed and 32 others wounded, after a Taliban militants’…

Covid-19: Spain calls on army to fight virus as WHO signals slowdown

MADRID, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain said it will call in the army to try to help curb the spread…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Moves Up To 3,167,323, Bangladesh’s Death Toll Surpasses 4,000

HONG KONG, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – COVID-19 cases continue to surge in some Asia-Pacific countries as India’s tally moved up…

Two Dead In House Collapse In India’s Madhya Pradesh State

NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (NNN-UNI) – A woman and an 11-month-old child died, in a house collapse incident, in India’s…