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District Falls To Taliban In Western Afghan Province

QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Militants loyal to the Taliban completely took control of the turbulent Ab Kamari district…

Speeding Truck Crushes Eight To Death In India

NEW DELHI, India, April 6 (NNN-PTI) – At least eight people were killed and two others injured on Friday, after…

Philippine Troops Rescue Indonesian Hostage In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines, April 6 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine troops rescued an Indonesian hostage on Friday, following a gunfight that killed three…

Indonesia to send investigators to Ethiopia to aid crash probes

JAKARTA, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesia will send two investigators to Ethiopia to assist in a probe and exchange data…

US to designate elite Iranian force as terrorist organisation

WASHINGTON, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is expected to designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist…

Floods Cause 470 Million USD Loss To Iran’s Agriculture, Infrastructure

TEHRAN, Iran, April 6 (NNN-ISNA) – Floods sweeping most parts of Iran over the past weeks have caused a loss…

Iran In Risk Of More Floods As Relief Efforts Underway

TEHRAN, Iran, April 6 (NNN-IRNA) – While Iranian relief organisations, armed forces and volunteer groups are contributing to the restoration…

Lao President Hails China-Laos Railway Construction

VIENTIANE, Laos, April 6 (NNN-KPL) – Bounnhang Vorachith, general secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and president…

Afghan forces arrest alleged Islamic State online recruiters

KABUL, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Afghan security forces have arrested six alleged members of the Daesh militant group and accused…

Myanmar villagers, lawmaker say ‘helicopter attack’ kills five Rohingya, wounds 13

YANGON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Villagers and a lawmaker in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state said that a military helicopter attacked…