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635,000 People Displaced In Afghanistan This Year: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN humanitarians said yesterday that, 635,000 people in Afghanistan were routed from their homes…

Covid-19: Vietnam to buy 10 million Cuban-made vaccine doses

HAVANA, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba agreed to provide Vietnam with 10 million doses of its homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, Abdala,…

Iran Destroys Headquarters Of “Counter-Revolutionary” Groups In Northern Iraq: Commander

TEHRAN, Sept 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian security forces destroyed four headquarters of “counter-revolutionary” groups by artillery, in northern Iraq, said…

Afghanistan’s Central Bank Allows Merchants To Withdraw 25,000 U.S. Dollars Monthly

KABUL, Sept 21 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), allowed merchants and owners of private companies to…

Nine Killed, 20 Injured In Tribal Gun Fight In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (NNN-APP) – Nine people were killed and 20 others injured, in a gun fight between two groups,…

Efforts Underway To Resume Int’l Commercial Flights At Kabul Airport

KABUL, Sept 21 (NNN-ANA) – Efforts are underway to solve all technical difficulties, before international commercial flights resume at Kabul…

Daily COVID-19 Cases On A Downward Trend – Health D-G

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (NNN-Bernama) — The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Malaysia has continued its declining trend, as…

Philippines Logs 18,937 New COVID-19 Cases, Death Toll Nears 37,000

MANILA, Sept 20 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), reported 18,937 new COVID-19 infections today, bringing the total…

75 Percent Of Cambodia’s Population Inoculated Against COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Sept 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia has administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 12.05 million people,…

Road Accidents Kill 98 In Lao Capital In First Six Months

VIENTIANE, Sept 20 (NNN-KPL) – A total of 98 people were killed in 568 road accidents in the Laotian capital,…