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Iran Dismisses Israel’s Threats As “Sign Of Weakness”

TEHRAN, Dec 10 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, dismissed the recent Israeli anti-Iran threats as a sign…

Taliban Claims Responsibility For Suicide Bombing In S. Afghanistan Amid Peace Talks With U.S.

KABUL, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Taliban outfit claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that rocked Nad Ali district, in…

Malaysia reports first case of polio since 1992

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A three-month-old Malaysian infant has been diagnosed with polio, the first case reported in…

Thailand delays deporting family of Rakhine insurgent leader

Tun Myat Naing is the commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army, which has been fighting the Myanmar army in Rakhine state…

Firemen hailed as heroes in Delhi horror blaze

The walls of a building stand blackened after it caught fire in New Delhi NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES0 —…

Pope appoints Philippine cardinal to global Vatican post

Cardinal Luis Tagle VATICAN CITY, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis named Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to a major global…

Australia braces for more fires as extreme temperatures predicted

Smoke of fire rise next to firefighting vehicles as bushfires burn in Newnes Plateau, New South Wales SYDNEY, Dec 9…

Tourists stranded as storms batter New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost 1,000 tourists were stranded in New Zealand’s South Island on Monday after wild storms…

Update: At least 1 dead after New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupts

WELLINGTON, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least one person was killed when New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted suddenly on…

Iran unveils budget of ‘resistance’ against US sanctions

President Rouhani TEHRAN, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday presented to parliament what he called a…