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Thousands Evacuated As Heavy Rain, Gusts Hit India’s Odisha, Bengal Ahead Of Cyclone Amphan

NEW DELHI, May 20 (NNN-PTI) – Authorities in the Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal evacuated, and subsequently moved…

Iran Says U.S. Attempts To Extend UN Arms Embargo “Fruitless”

TEHRAN, May 20 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian top security official, said on Tuesday that, the United States has failed to gather…

Sri Lankan President Pays Tribute To War Heroes On 11th Anniversary Of War Victory

COLOMBO, May 20 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, paid tribute to thousands of soldiers, who sacrificed their lives…

Singapore To Exit COVID-19 Circuit Breaker, Resume Activities In Three Phases

SINGAPORE, May 20 (NNN-CNA) – The current COVID-19 Circuit Breaker measures will be exited and the banned activities will be…

Trial Against Former Malaysian PM Najib Resumes, Stepson Might Turn Witness

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The trial against former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, resumed on Tuesday, as the…

Roundup: WHO to review virus response as Trump renews attack

GENEVA, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said it would launch an independent review of its response to…

Covid-19: India’s infections surge past 100,000, deaths top 3,000

A woman and her baby wait for a bus to take them to a railway station to board a train…

Afghanistan: Rival leaders Ghani and Abdullah in power-sharing deal

 KABUL, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Dr Abdullah Abdullah have signed a power-sharing deal, ending months of…

Covid-19: US Pres Trump calls WHO ‘puppet of China’

WASHINGTON, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump attacked the United Nations health body as a Chinese “puppet” on Monday…

Bomb kills six, wounds four in southwest Pakistan

QUETTA (Pakistan), May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six paramilitary soldiers were killed and four wounded in Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of…