Asia

Pakistan Closes Major Border Crossing With Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan “temporarily” closed Torkham, one of its major border crossings with Afghanistan, over “security concerns,”…

Gadek assemblyman on charges of links to LTTE, denied bail

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (NNN) — Gadek assemblyman G. Saminathan, who is facing charges of supporting the defunct Liberation Tigers…

Afghan Air Raids Kill Two Taliban Commanders

HERAT, Afghanistan, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two Taliban commanders have been confirmed killed, as fighting planes struck a Taliban hideout,…

US developing vaccine against deadly China virus: Officials

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it was developing a vaccine against a deadly virus that originated in…

Update: Death Toll From India Bus Accident Rises To 26

MUMBAI, Jan 29 (NNN-PTI) — The death toll from a state transport bus accident on Tuesday afternoon, in India’s state…

Cambodian Economy Projected To Grow 7.1 Percent This Year

PHNOM PENH, Jan 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s economy is projected to remain robust in 2020, despite stronger external headwinds, the…

US Recovers Remains From Air Force Plane Crash In Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Jan29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The U.S. military recovered remains of two personnel of U.S. Air Force aircraft, that crashed in…

Cuba promotes foreign investment in special development zone

HAVANA, Jan 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba’s Mariel Special Development Zone is now one of the main drivers of the economy…

5.4-Magnitude Quake Strikes, Off Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan, Jan 29 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4, on Wednesday (today), struck off Japan’s Okinawa…

EU says could assist with repatriations from China as coronavirus spreads

BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Commission said it could help finance the repatriation of Europeans affected by the…