West Asia Conflict Rattles Japan’s Auto Industry

FILE PHOTO: A Sony-Honda Afeela 1 Signature electric vehicle is displayed during CES 2025, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 8, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo TOKYO, April 8 (NNN-Bernama-Xinhua) — Over a month since the West Asia conflict erupted, its grip on Japan’s auto industry…

Indonesia Maintains Fertiliser Prices, Supply Amid Hormuz Tensions

JAKARTA, April 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Indonesia will maintain stable subsidised fertiliser prices and ensure sufficient supply amid recent disruptions linked to tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, to safeguard farmers and agricultural productivity. Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said the government had taken strategic measures, including reducing subsidised fertiliser prices by up to 20…

OPEC Crude Output Posts Biggest Monthly Drop In At Least Four Decades In March Amid Iran War

FILE PHOTO: A model of an oil pump is seen in front of the OPEC logo in this illustration taken January 9, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo ISTANBUL, April 8 (NNN-Bernama-Anadolu) — Crude oil production in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) recorded its steepest monthly decline in at…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to the press on the day of a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman

UN Chief Welcomes US-Iran Ceasefire, Urges Path Toward Lasting Peace

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to the press on the day of a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman WASHINGTON, April 8 (NNN-Bernama-Anadolu) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire by the US and Iran, his spokesman Stephane…
The clock inside the Grand Central Terminal shows 8 PM (ET), the postponed deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face widespread attacks on its civilian infrastructure, in New York City, U.S., April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Adam Gray

Trump Announces 2-week Ceasefire With Iran

The clock inside the Grand Central Terminal shows 8 PM (ET), the postponed deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face widespread attacks on its civilian infrastructure, in New York City, U.S., April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Adam Gray WASHINGTON, April 8 (NNN-Bernama-Anadolu) —…

Sri Lanka to roll out fuel subsidy as cost-based diesel price soars

COLOMBO, April 7 (Bernama-Xinhua) — Sri Lanka will implement a three-month fuel subsidy programme as cost-based estimates place diesel prices above 600 Sri Lankan rupees (about US$2) per litre, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced in parliament on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. The measure follows in response to the West Asia crisis, which…

Tropical cyclone warnings issued for PNG, Solomon Islands

MELBOURNE, April 7 (Xinhua) –Authorities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon Islands have issued warnings over a Category 3 cyclone that is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flooding. The PNG National Weather Service said in an emergency warning for the eastern Milne Bay Province on Tuesday morning…

Tobacco-related illnesses kill over 6,000 annually in Laos

VIENTIANE, April 6 (Xinhua) – More than 6,000 people in Laos die annually from tobacco-related diseases, resulting in economic losses exceeding 3.6 billion Lao kip (some 1.6 million U.S. dollars), health officials said. The figure was delivered at a meeting of the National Committee for Tobacco Control, chaired by Lao…

Thailand’s new coalition gov’t sworn in

BANGKOK, April 6 (Xinhua) – Thailand’s new coalition government led by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was sworn into office on Monday evening, following a royal endorsement last week. The 35-member cabinet recited the oath of allegiance before an audience with King Maha Vajiralongkorn in a traditional ceremony held in the…

Malaysian manufacturers see supply chain disruption in 2 weeks amid West Asia crisis

By Durratul Ain Ahmad Fuad KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 (Bernama) — A Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) survey found that 90 per cent of over 200 respondents expect supply chain disruptions within the next two weeks due to the West Asia conflict. Its president, Jacob Lee Chor Kok, said some key materials…
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