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Rohingya offer special prayers to go home

Rohingya Muslim refugees pray at a mosque in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh KUTUPALONG (Bangladesh), Aug 124 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

US, Taliban due to resume peace push at Doha talks

DOHA, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US and the Taliban said they would return to talks in Qatar aimed at…

Update: US-China trade war deteriorates, as Trump lashes out at Beijing

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China exchanged blows on Friday as each side increased punitive tariffs…

Drugs worth $161m seized in Malaysia’s biggest haul

Malaysia imposes the mandatory death penalty for possession of a certain amount of cocaine KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

North Korea fires ‘unidentified projectiles’ into sea: Seoul

SEOUL, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea Saturday fired two“unidentified projectiles” into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korea’smilitary…

Water-related accidents claim 69 lives in Mongolia so far this year

ULAN BATOR, Aug 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — A total of 69 people have died in 76 water-related accidents in Mongolia since…

Bangladesh-Argentina agree to increase trade

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 24 (NNN-BSS) — Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said Bangladesh government is interested to sign Free Trade Agreement…

Kashmir unrest: Clashes at protest after Friday prayers

 SRINAGAR (Kashmir), Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have clashed with protesters in the city of Srinagar. Hundreds of…

France watching Kashmir rights, Pres Macron tells visiting Indian PM Modi

CHANTILLY (France), Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s Emmanuel Macron had a “frank” exchange with India’s Narendra Modi about tensions in…

Indonesia: 22 missing after ferry fire

JAKARTA, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly two dozen people are missing from a ferry that went up in flames off…