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Myanmar Selects Boxing Athletes For Upcoming SEA Games

YANGON, Jan 16 (NNN-MNA) – The Myanmar Traditional Lethwei Federation (MTLF) here, yesterday organised a final trial, to select boxers…

Pakistani PM Launched Nationwide Polio Eradication Drive

ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, kicked off a three-day nationwide polio eradication drive yesterday, as…

Iranian, Syrian FMs Called For Signing Cooperation Document

TEHRAN, Jan 16 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian and Syrian foreign ministers, highlighted the necessity of signing a comprehensive document, for long-term…

Update: 68 Bodies Recovered From Plane Crash Site In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Jan 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 68 bodies had been recovered, after a local passenger plane carrying 72…

Passenger Plane Crashed In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Jan 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – A passenger plane, carrying 68 people, crashed in the Pokhara region, in central Nepal, a…

New Aid Package Of 40 Million USD In Cash, Reached Afghanistan

KABUL, Jan 15 (NNN-ANA) – A new package of 40 million U.S. dollars in cash, as humanitarian aid, has been…

Two Pilots Survived Aircraft Crash In N. Iran

TEHRAN, Jan 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Two pilots survived a trainer aircraft crash, yesterday morning, in the northern Iranian province of…

46 Sri Lankan Illegal Migrants Nabbed

COLOMBO, Jan 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Forty-six Sri Lankans, attempting to illegally migrate to France’s overseas island, La Reunion, by sea,…

Cambodian PM Pays Visit To Maldives, Deals Expected To Be Signed: Cambodian Official

PHNOM PENH, Jan 15 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, left here today, for a three-day visit…

Six Killed In Gas Cylinder Blast In Pakistan’s Quetta

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (NNN-APP) – At least six people, including four children, were killed, late last night, in a gas…