NEW DELHI -- India on Friday rejected North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte's claim that after the United States imposed a penalty on India for buying Russian oil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Russia to explain its strategy on Ukraine.
India's Foreign Ministry termed the NATO chief's claim "factually incorrect and entirely baseless" and said it expects the leadership of NATO to be more responsible while making such statements. (India-NATO)
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JAKARTA -- Indonesia recorded potential transactions worth up to 70.2 million U.S. dollars during the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) held in Nanning, China, according to the Ministry of Trade on Friday.
Indonesia also signed nine strategic memoranda of understanding covering trade, investment, education, halal certification, and the development of artificial intelligence technology. (Indonesia-China-Expo-Transactions)
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KUALA LUMPUR -- Overcoming trade disruptions caused by protectionism and the rise of unilateral trade measures remain a top priority for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Malaysia's Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said here on Friday.
In a press briefing following the conclusion of the 57th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting and Related Meetings, Zafrul said he and his counterparts stressed their shared commitment to uphold a free, fair, inclusive, rules-based, and nondiscriminatory multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles at its core. (Malaysia-ASEAN-Trade)
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SEOUL -- A merchant vessel of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) returned to the north after crossing the "inter-Korean maritime border" on Friday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.
The DPRK vessel crossed the "Northern Limit Line (NLL)" near the South Korean western border island of Baengnyeong at about 5:00 a.m. local time (2000 GMT Thursday), said the statement. (SKorea-DPRK Vessel)
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MANILA -- Authorities have initially recorded 10 deaths and 13 missing as severe tropical storm Bualoi continues to barrel through the Philippines, the country's Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and local media reported on Friday.
OCD Deputy Administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro said seven died in the Eastern Visayas region in central Philippines, and three in the Bicol region. (Philippines-Storm Bualoi-Death) Enditem
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