Bus Crash Kills 12 In Western India

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (NNN-PTI) – At least 12 people, including one child and five women, died, and 10 others injured, in a road mishap in India’s western state of Rajasthan today, (Saturday), local police said. All the travellers, from the Latur district of southwestern state of Maharashtra, were going…

US: Ex-CIA agent jailed for 19 years for spying for China

Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a former CIA agent has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for conspiring to spy for China. WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The former CIA officer who may have devastated US intelligence collection in China by giving up its network of informants to Beijing agents…

Indonesian Top Shuttlers To Vie In Indonesia Masters 2020

JAKARTA, Nov 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian top badminton players who will compete in the Indonesia Masters 2020 next year are, Jonatan Christie, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti, as well as, Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu, media reported. The international sports event is…

UN Security Council reaffirms ban on chemical weapons

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United NationsSecurity Council reaffirmed its opposition to chemical weapons on Friday inthe face of high-profile instances of their use worldwide. The 15-member body unanimously passed a declaration proposed by Britain expressing support for the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling…

US judge orders Iran pay $180 mn to reporter over detention

WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US court on Friday ordered thegovernment of Iran to pay nearly $180 million in damages to an Iranian-American journalist who was jailed by Tehran on espionage charges in 2014. A US District Court judge ordered the damages be paid to Jason Rezaian andhis family…

At Least 10 Dead As Two Buses Collide In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Nov 23 (NNN-BSS) – At least 10 people died and about a dozen injured, when a speedy micro-bus they were travelling in, collided with a passenger bus, in the Munshiganj district, some 27 km south of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, on Friday afternoon. The micro-bus, carrying a groom’s party…

Massive Air Defence Drills Underway In Central Iran

TEHRAN, Nov 23 (NNN-FARS) – Drills, code-named, Guardians of Velayat’s Sky-98, entered its second day on Friday, in the central Iranian province of Semnan, according a news report. The drills, which are held over an area of 416,000 square km, aim to boost combat readiness over potential threats in the…

US charges Chinese national with stealing trade secrets – Justice Department

Department of Justice building ST LOUIS (Missouri, US), Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chinese national who worked for Monsanto before it was purchased by Bayer AG was charged in St. Louis, Missouri, with stealing trade secrets for China, the U.S. Justice Department said. Haitao Xiang, 42, an employee of Monsanto…

Sri Lankan President Appoints New 16-Member Cabinet

COLOMBO, Nov 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on Friday, appointed a new 16-member cabinet, which will function till the next parliamentary election is announced. The new ministers took oaths in front of the president at the Presidential Secretariat in the capital, Colombo. Former President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who…

Malaysia wants Putin to participate in 2020 APEC Summit

MOSCOW, Nov 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia will invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to participate in the 2020 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit that the Southeast Asian nation will host, Sputnik news agency quoted Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah as saying on Thursday. “We, of course, will welcome President Putin’s involvement in…
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