Asia

Iran’s Passenger Plane Makes Emergency Landing

TEHRAN, Iran, Jan 26 (NNN-TASNIM) – An Iranian passenger plane, made an emergency landing, at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, on…

35 Cambodian Students Fall Ill After Eating Contaminated Food

PHNOM PENH, Jan 26 (NNN-AKP) – Thirty-five students at a high school in northwest Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, suffered food…

India, Brazil Sign 15 Pacts To Boost Mutual Cooperation

NEW DELHI, Jan 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – India and Brazil, on Saturday, inked 15 agreements, for boosting mutual cooperation on a…

Five Killed After Under-Construction Building Collapses In Indian Capital

NEW DELHI, Jan 26 (NNN-PTI) — At least five people, including four children, were killed Saturday, after an under-construction two-storey…

85,000 Museum Artefacts In Jeopardy After Fire In New York

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Some 85,000 artefacts from the Museum of Chinese in America, are in jeopardy, after…

Lawmaking Body Of India’s Rajasthan Passes Anti-Citizenship Law Resolution

NEW DELHI, Jan 26 (NNN-PTI) – The lawmaking body in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Saturday, passed a resolution…

Malaysia Confirms Three Cases Of Novel Coronavirus

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Malaysian authorities said today (Saturday) that, the first three cases of the novel coronavirus…

Thousands Protest In Iraq To Demand Ouster Of US Troops

BAGHDAD, Jan 25 (NNN-NINA) – Thousands of supporters of Iraqi cleric, Moqtada Sadr, gathered in Baghdad for a rally, to…

Japan To Approve 40 Billion USD Extra Budget, To Support Reconstruction Efforts, Bolster SMEs

TOKYO, Jan 25 (NNN-NHK) – A supplementary budget worth 4.47 trillion yen (40.77 billion U.S. dollars), for fiscal 2019, earmarked…

China Mobilises Medical Teams To Fight New Coronavirus

WUHAN/BEIJING, Jan 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – China is mobilising medical staff to aid Wuhan, the centre of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)…