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UN Says Australia Offers 6.1 Million USD To Provide Clean Water In Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 20 (NNN-NINA) – Australia offered 6.1 million U.S. dollars, to improve access to clean water and sanitation…

Funerals begin for New Zealand mosques massacre victims

We utterly reject the ideology that led to this horrific attack on people at prayer. We are grateful for the…

Two Killed, 28 Rescued In India Building Collapse

NEW DELHI, India, March 20 (NNN-PTI) – Two persons have been killed and 28 others rescued and hospitalised, after an…

Kazakh President Nazarbayev Resigns

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakh President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, announced his sudden resignation on Tuesday, after nearly three decades…

Pakistan to fence border with Iran

Photo courtesy IRNA KARACHI, Pakistan, March 20 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Pakistan is going to fence its border with neighboring Iran in…

Thai tycoon gets 16 months in jail for poaching

Premchai Karnasuta BANGKOK, March 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Thai court sentenced a construction tycoon to 16 months in prison without…

Myanmar court jails Rakhine leader for 20 years for treason

Dr Aye Maung, a sitting lawmaker and Rakhine nationalist SITTWE (Myanmar), March 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Myanmar court sentenced a…

Claims of 100 Daesh foreign terrorists in Philippines unlikely: Defence minister

MANILA, March 19 (NNN-PNA) — Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday dismissed reports claiming that an estimated 100 Daesh-inspired foreign…

Brunei introduces prepaid system to curb waste of water

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 19 (NNN-BERNAMA-XINHUA) — Brunei is expected to introduce prepaid water meters this year to curb the high…

Malaysia will return as Asian tiger in three years — Finance Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia will return to its Asian tiger status in three years, says Finance Minister…