Asia

Corporate Bankruptcies In Japan Rise For 1st Time In 11 Years In 2019

TOKYO, Jan 15 (NNN-NHK) – Japan saw the number of corporate bankruptcies increase for the first time in 11 years…

US slaps sanctions over North Korea overseas workers

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two companies for exploiting North Korean overseas labour…

Canada: PM Trudeau cites US ratcheting up tensions with Iran in plane’s downing

OTTAWA, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Victims of an Iran-downed jetliner would still be alive if not for a recent escalation…

Sri Lanka, Russia To Engage In Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

COLOMBO, Jan 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka and Russia agreed to actively engage in regional organisations, such as, the Shanghai…

Road Crashes Kill 50 Garment Workers, Injure 1,956 Others In Cambodia Last Year

PHNOM PENH, Jan 15 (NNN-AKP) – Fifty Cambodian garment factory workers were killed and 1,956 others injured, in traffic accidents…

61 Killed, Scores Trapped As Avalanches Hit Pakistan-Controlled Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (NNN-APP) – At least 61 people were killed and scores of others trapped, in separate incidents of…

Iranian President Urges Regional Countries To Expel U.S. Troops

TEHRAN, Jan 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, regional countries should drive the United States military forces,…

Iran arrests suspects in Ukrainian plane crash

TEHRAN, Jan 14 (NNN-ANADOLU) — Iranian authorities have arrested a number of suspects in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger…

MACC files police report over criminal plot to smear its reputation

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 14 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has lodged a police report against several individuals, including a…

Pakatan Harapan extends more help to opposition states – Lim

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 14 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government has extended more help to the opposition-held states compared to the…