Asia

Heavy Rainfall Forecast For Indonesia During Year-End Holidays

JAKARTA, Dec 6 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), announced that, the country would face heavy rainfall…

Uganda expands data infrastructure to advance digital transformation, inclusiveness

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni MOROTO (Uganda), Dec 6 (NNN-XINHUA) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has launched the fifth phase of…

Brunei Labour Department Inspects Private Education Provider

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 6 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei’s Labour Department, inspected a private education provider, local media reported, yesterday. According…

UNESCO recognizes cassava as Intangible Heritage of Humanity

ASUNCION, Dec 6 (NNN-ACN) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) recognized cassava as Intangible Cultural Heritage…

King Mohammed VI chairs Council of Ministers meeting on 2030 World Cup preparations

King Mohammed VI of Morocco RABAT, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — King Mohammed VI of Morocco, chaired a Council of Ministers…

Indonesia To Consider Accelerating Death Penalty For Drug Offenders

JAKARTA, Dec 6 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia is likely to consider accelerating the execution of the death penalty for prisoners convicted…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Hits Western Iran

BEIJING, Dec 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8, jolted Western Iran, at 0402 GMT, this morning,…

Cambodia Makes Almost 414 Million USD From Milled Rice Export In First 11 Months

PHNOM PENH, Dec 5 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia had exported 575,562 tonnes of milled rice in the first 11 months of…

Red Cross marks record numbers of humanitarians killed in 2024

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) staff hold pictures of their 31 staff and volunteers lost…

International tourism to return to pre-pandemic levels by year-end, UN agency says

MADRID, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 1.1 billion tourists traveled internationally in the first nine months of 2024, 98 percent…