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Search For Missing Victims Underway After Ship Catches Fire In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – An operation is underway on Sunday (today), to search for and rescue the missing…

Update: 63 Killed In Kabul Wedding Hall Explosion

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 63 people were killed and over 180 others wounded, in Saturday night’s…

Armed Groups Continue To Attack Largest City In Northern Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar, Aug 18 (NNN-MNA) – Armed groups continued to attack Lashio, the biggest city in Myanmar’s northern Shan state,…

Hundreds In Vietnam Protest Dam Upgrade, Fearing Floods

HANOI, Vietnam, Aug 18 (NNN-VNA) – Hundreds of residents in a largely Catholic district of central Vietnam’s Quang Binh province,…

New Health Equipment Applied In Peace Train-2019 China-Laos Joint Rescue Drill

VIENTIANE, Laos, Aug 18 (NNN-KPL) – The “Peace Train-2019” China-Laos humanitarian and medical joint rescue exercise, saw the presence and…

Yemeni Houthis, European Diplomats Meet In Tehran: Report

TEHRAN, Iran, Aug 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Yemen’s Houthi movement and diplomats of a number of European countries, recently held a…

India’s Bengaluru On Security Alert, Police Term It As Security Drill

MUMBAI, India, Aug 18 (NNN-PTI) – Bengaluru, capital of India’s southwestern state, Karnataka, has been on high security alert with…

Pakistani PM Welcomes UN Meeting On Kashmir Issue

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug 18 (NNN-PPI) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, welcomed the meeting of the United Nations Security Council…

Restrictions on movement of people in Kashmir Valley eased

SRINAGAR, Aug 17 (NNN-PTI) – Restrictions on the of people in the Kashmir Valley were eased on Saturday, with landline services…

Jokowi Wears Traditional Balinese Attire For Indonesia’s Independence Day Ceremony

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), his first son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and grandson, Jan Ethes…