Thai demonstrators protest alleged cheating in election

BANGKOK, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thai demonstrators on Sunday protested against alleged cheating in the military-ruled kingdom’s first election since a 2014 coup, a week after the controversial poll sowed confusion over the ballot results. A military-backed party and its main rival led by a self-exiled billionaire have both claimed…

Afghanistan: VP Dostum survives second assassination attempt

Last year Gen Dostum escaped an attempt on his life  KABUL, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Afghan Vice-President Gen Abdul Rashid Dostum has escaped unharmed after an attack that killed one of his bodyguards in the north of the country. Officials say the attackers ambushed Dostum’s convoy in Balkh Province. The Taliban said they…

Update1: Vietnam suspect gets 3-year term for Kim’s death

Đoàn Thị Hương (C) leaves the court on Monday. Photo courtesy VNA Photo KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Malaysian judge has sentenced a Vietnamese woman to more than three years in prison after she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the killing of the North Korean leader’s…

Nepal: 25 dead, at least 400 injured in southern storms – PM

KATHMANDU, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 25 people have been killed and hundreds injured after stormy weather hit southern Nepal, destroying houses, uprooting trees and toppling electricity poles, officials said today. The thunderstorm swept through the district of Bara and adjoining areaslate Sunday, Bara’s police chief Sanu Ram Bhattarai…

Japan: Emperor Akihito ends reign marked by modernisation

TOKYO, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan’s outgoing Emperor Akihito andEmpress Michiko dramatically modernised the tradition-bound monarchy,bringing themselves closer to the public and boosting popular support for the household. Akihito has broken new ground with everything from his decision to marryfor love to his outspoken calls for peace and expressions of…

S. Korea starts search for war remains, separate from North

SEOUL, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Korea’s military is separately searching for Korean War remains at the heavily armed inter-Korean border after North Korea ignored its calls to carry out a previously planned joint search. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Monday that South Korean soldiers will remove mines and proceed with excavation…

Update: Kim suspect pleads guilty to lower charge

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latest on the trial of a Vietnamese woman in the killing of estranged North Korean scion Kim Jong Nam. A lawyer for Doan Thi Huong says she is pleading guilty to a reduce charge in Kim Jong Nam’s killing and is asking for leniency.…

Malaysia: Prosecutors offer lower charge for lone Kim suspect

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malaysian prosecutors have offered to reduce a murder charge against the Vietnamese woman who is the only suspect in custody for the killing of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader. Prosecutor Iskandar Ahmad told the Shah Alam court Monday he received instruction from…

Number Of International Tourists To Australia Hits Record High With China Remaining Top Market

CANBERRA, Australia, March 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – The number of international tourists who chose Australia as their holiday destination hit a record high last year, reaching 8.5 million, according to the latest international visitor survey results released on Saturday. Overseas tourists pumped in a total of 44 billion Australian dollars (about…

India Extends Deadline To Impose Higher Duties On 29 U.S. Products

NEW DELHI, India, March 31 (NNN-PTI) – India has once again extended the deadline to impose retaliatory tariffs on as many as 29 U.S. products, including almond, walnut and pulses, from April 1 to May 2. A notification to this effect has been issued by the government in this regard,…
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