ADEN, Oct 3 (NNN-SABA) – Pro-government Yemeni security units, launched a raid operation and targeted hideouts of the al-Qaeda terrorist group, in the country’s eastern province of Maharah. “The security units captured members of a terror cell, after raiding their hideouts in a number of neighbourhoods in Ghaydah, Maharah provincial…
Brunei To Cease Issuing, Circulation Of Biggest Currency Notes
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 1 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei’s central bank said, the issuing and circulation of the 10,000-Brunei-dollar currency notes (about 7,334.3 U.S. dollars), the country’s biggest denomination currency, will be ceased. According to a local daily today, Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) said, effective from Nov 2, the 10,000-Brunei-dollar…
Japan Eases Entry Restrictions For Medium-, Long-Term Staying Foreigners
TOKYO, Oct 1 (NNN-NHK) – Japan eased entry restrictions into the country from today, for foreigners around the world, put in place to combat the spread of COVID-19, although entry is still being refused for tourists. These include foreign medical professionals, teachers and others, who are qualified for medium- or…
Under-Line Structure Of Super Large Bridge For Jakarta-Bandung HSR Completed
PURWAKARTA, Oct 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – The construction of an under-line main structure of a super large bridge, for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed-railway (HSR) in Indonesia’s West Java province was completed yesterday. As many as 87 piers and abutments and one continuous beam of under-line main structure of the whole bridge were…
Chinese Embassy In Brunei Unveils Logo Design Competition For 30th Anniversary Of Bilateral Ties
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 1 (NNN-ANN) – The Chinese Embassy in Brunei, on Wednesday, launched a logo design competition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the China-Brunei diplomatic relations in the year 2021. Chinese Ambassador to Brunei, Yu Hong, said, to celebrate the coming 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic…
5.2-Magnitude Quake Rattles Southern Philippines
MANILA, Oct 1 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 shook Surigao Del Sur province, in the southern Philippines today, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) said. The institute said, the offshore quake, which struck at 6:10 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of…
Japan Gov’t, TEPCO Ordered By High Court To Pay Damages Over Fukushima Crisis
TOKYO, Oct 1 (NNN-NHK) – A Japanese high court, on Wednesday, upheld the ruling of a lower court and ordered the government and the operator of the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant to pay one billion yen (9.5 million U.S. dollars) in damages, to residents affected by the 2011 tsunami-triggered…
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Takes Oath As Kuwait’s New Emir
KUWAIT, Oct 1 (NNN-KUNA) – Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, took oath before the National Assembly on Wednesday, to become the 16th Emir of Kuwait. The Constitution guaranteed smooth transition of leadership to ensure stability and sustainability, Sheikh Nawaf said, vowing to carry out his responsibility to his utmost best…
Indonesian Police Foil Smuggling Of 12 Kg Crystal Meth
JAKARTA, Sept 30 (NNN-ANTARA) – A joint military-police team in Indonesian West Kalimantan district of Sanggau, foiled an attempt to smuggle 12-kilogram crystal methamphetamine and arrested three suspects, in an Indonesia-Malaysia border area, a police officer said. The contrabands were seized during a joint patrol in the border area in…
Bomb Explosion Leaves Four Dead In NW Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30 (NNN-APP) – Four people, including two minors and a senior citizen, were killed and 15 others injured, when a bomb went off in Mardan district, of Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday, police sources said. Some unknown militants fixed explosive materials in a motorbike, parked inside the…
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