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Pakistan’s Airspace To Remain Partially Closed Till Today: Authority

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), on Friday said that, the country’s airspace will remain…

Turkish Police Use Tear Gas Against Women Demonstrators

Photo courtesy ANADOLU ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 9 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, to disperse women,…

Washington protesters demand ‘regime change’ in Iran

Photo courtesy IRNA WASHINGTON, March 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Hundreds of people turned out in Washington Friday demanding regime change in…

Economic problems to be left behind: Iran VP

Photo courtesy Irna Zanjan, March 9, (NNN- IRNA) – The Vice President of Iran has stressed that the economic problems…

India’s main opposition Congress party releases first list of candidates

NEW DELHI, March 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — India’s main opposition party the Indian National Congress (INC) has released its first list…

MiG-21 fighter jet crashes in India

NEW DELHI, March 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — A MiG-21 fighter jet belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in the…

UN rights chief warns against harassment of Muslims in India

GENEVA, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations human rights chief has warned India that its “divisive policies” could undermine…

Three Indonesian soldiers killed in fresh Papua violence

JAKARTA, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three Indonesian soldiers were killed in a gun battle with armed separatist rebels in restive…

Pakistan escalates militant crackdown after Kashmir attacks

ISLAMABAD, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pakistan has detained more than 100 suspected militants, the country’s interior ministry said, amid an ongoing…

Papua New Guinea’s men-only parliament eyes seats for women

The APEC Haus conference facility in Port Moresby. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. PORT MORESBY, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Papua New…