Members of Developing Eight (D8) consisting of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey set target to have US$ 300 billion intra trade value by 2018, organization`s Secretary General Sayed Ali Mohammed Mousavi said here on Wednesday.
Secretary General to the Developing Eight (D8) organization Sayed Ali Mohammed Mousavi proposed an establishment of news agency association consisting of news media from the eight member countries.
Russia has been asked to increase the level of staff it commits to UN peacekeeping missions around the world, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said after meeting with the UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs in New York.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently highlighted the International Day of Families through a forum which tackled bridging the gap between generations.
Independent oil player Seaoil Philippines Inc. will increase for the second time this month prices of its petroleum products Wednesday.
Demonstrating awareness about the deadly disease, city hall employees lit up symbolic candles and wore red ribbon pins during the International Candle Light Memorial on AIDS held Monday at the city hall grounds here.
The Gokongwei family-owned Cebu Air Inc, more known as Cebu Pacific, attracted far more passengers than flag carrier Philippine Airline (PAL) in the first three months.
An adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tokyo from Beijing on Saturday, a day after he completed a four-day unannounced visit to North Korea that has sparked concern from the United States and South Korea.
Moscow is counting on the UN to develop proposals regarding the international presence in Afghanistan after 2014, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
Iran has refused to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its controversial nuclear program, Yukiya Amano, director-general of the UN nuclear watchdog, said here on Friday.
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