Asia

Indonesia Plans To Send 670 Athletes To SEA Games

JAKARTA, Oct 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia planned to send 670 athletes to vie in 45 sports, in the Southeast Asian…

Europeans urge strict sanctions enforcement on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European members of the UN Security Council called for the strict enforcement of international…

Russia and China to sign treaty on combating illegal online

MOSCOW, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and China will sign a cooperation treaty aimed at combating illegal content on the…

Mongolia’s First Oil Refinery To Be Completed By 2022

ULAN BATOR, Oct 9 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – A ceremony to commission infrastructure facilities, to support the proposed oil refinery project…

World’s Longest Double-Deck Suspension Bridge Opens To Traffic

WUHAN, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – A double-deck suspension bridge with the longest span in the world opened to traffic in…

India obtains details of residents’ Swiss bank accounts

The headquarters of the Swiss central bank in Switzerland. Photo courtesy of Press Trust of India (PTI) NEW DELHI, Oct…

Hopes for a deal dim as US-China trade talks get underway in tense atmosphere

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prospects for progress in US-China trade talks dimmed after Washington blacklisted Chinese companies over Beijing’s treatment of…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo to visit Singapore for Leaders’ Retreat

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) meeting Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Sochi, Russia, on May 21, 2016 SINGAPORE, Oct…

M’sia, Pakistan, Turkey planning a TV channel to counter Islamophobia

By Voon Miaw Ping KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Discussions to set up an English language channel – proposed by Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia…

US blacklists 28 Chinese entities over abuses against Muslims in Xinjiang

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Commerce Department announced it is blacklisting 28 Chinese entities that it says are…