Asia

Indonesia Concerned About Threat Of Spreading Terrorist Fighters

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – With Daesh’s defeat in Syria, Indonesia has observed the shifting to the region, among…

S. Korea Chooses Seoul To Bid For Olympics With DPRK – Report

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, right, speaks during the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee general assembly at the National Training Center…

Vietnamese Arrested For Transporting Illicit Drug From Laos To Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam, Feb 12 (NNN-VNA) – A 47-year-old man from Vietnam’s central Thanh Hoa province, has been caught red-handed, transporting…

Four Dead In Military Copter Crash In Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Four soldiers were killed on Monday, when a military helicopter crashed in a park,…

Thailand to release refugee footballer after Bahrain dropped extradition request

BANGKOK, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thailand dropped extradition proceedings against detained Bahraini refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi on Monday (Feb 11), following…

Thai PM Prayut decries coup conjecture as ‘fake news’

BANGKOK, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thailand’s prime minister on Monday dismissed rumours of an impending coup as “fake news”, as speculation…

At least 99 dead after consuming toxic alcohol in India

NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 99 people have died andscores have been hospitalised in northern India after…

14 illegal immigrants bound for Malaysia nabbed in Myanmar

YANGON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Myanmar authorities have detained 14 illegal migrants bound for Malaysia and two brokers assisting them.…

Acting Pentagon chief makes first Afghanistan trip before next round of peace talks

KABUL, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Acting US defence secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Afghanistan on Monday on his first trip…

US, North Korea to continue summit talks next week

SEOUL (South Korea), Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and North Korea will hold further talks next week to…