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COVID-19 Cases Rise To 258 In India

NEW DELHI, Mar 21 (NNN-PTI) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India today rose to 258, India’s federal…

Nepal Announces Ban On Incoming International Flights

KATHMANDU, Mar 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepali Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, on Friday, announced a number of prohibitive measures, including…

DPRK Fires Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Into East Sea

NEW YORK, Mar 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the…

Iran Reports 1,433 Deaths From COVID-19

TEHRAN, Mar 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said that, 1,433 people have died of COVID-19…

Iran’s President Calls For Removal Of U.S. Sanctions Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

TEHRAN, Mar 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, urged the American people, to press the U.S. government, to lift…

Iraq Reports 15 COVID-19 Cases, Three More Deaths

BAGHDAD, Mar 21 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Health Ministry, on Friday (yesterday), confirmed three more deaths from COVID-19, and 15 new…

Fiji Airways Suspends 95 Percent Of International Flights

SUVA, Mar 21 (NNN-PIN) – Fiji Airways, the island nation’s national carrier, decided to suspend 95 percent of its international…

Issue of stranded Malaysians being discussed with India: Consulate

By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, March 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) — More than a thousand Malaysians stranded in India due to air…

Actor Daniel Dae Kim tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON, March 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Actor Daniel Dae Kim and Monaco’s Prince Albert II have become the latest public figures to…

Russia starts testing vaccine against COVID-19

STAVROPOL, RUSSIA: An employee showing a COVID-19 coronavirus testing system at a polymerase chain reaction laboratory at the Stavropol Territory…