Pakistan, India hold ‘positive’ talks on Sikh visits

ISLAMABAD, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pakistan and India held “very positive” talks Thursday, as the arch-rivals sat down to discuss a visa-free corridor for Sikh pilgrims just weeks after soaring tensions brought the two nuclear-armed powers to the brink of war. Officials from the two countries met in Attari, India,…

Death toll in Christchurch shootings rises to 49

CHRISTCHURCH, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll has risen to 49 in the terror attacks that took place Friday afternoon in this quiet city of New Zealand. In what is said to be well coordinated terrorist attacks, several locations in the city including two mosques, were attacked by gunmen.…

Update2: Christchurch shooting: One of New Zealand’s ‘darkest days’, says PM Jacinda Ardern

CHRISTCHURCH, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A solemn New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch had plunged the country into one of its “darkest days”. “Clearly, what has happened here is an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence,” Ardern said in an address to a shocked nation. New…

North Korea may suspend nuclear talks with ‘gangster-like’ US: Diplomat

PYONGYANG, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea is considering suspending talks with the United States and may rethink a ban on missile and nuclear tests unless Washington makes concessions, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui reported as saying by the media. Choe blamed top US officials for the breakdown of last…

Attack on government minister walking to work shocks New Zealanders

WELLINGTON, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealanders have expressed shock after a government minister was punched in the face while walking to work, a rare attack in a country where politicians mingle freely with the public with no security cover. James Shaw, the climate change minister and leader of the…

Update: New Zealand police say four in custody, IEDs found

CHRISTCHURCH, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand police say they have detained four people in connection with deadly shootings at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday and have secured a number of improvised explosive devices. ”Four are in custody, three of them are men and one is a woman,” Commissioner…

Many dead, one Malaysian confirmed injured in Christchurch shooting

By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) — There were multiple fatalities and a Malaysian was among those injured in the Friday shooting incidents at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.  According to the official Twitter account of the High Commission of Malaysia in Wellington, the shootings took…

North Korean officials’ visit to Singapore port ‘may have been a sanction violation’: UN report

SINGAPORE, March 15 (NNN-CNA) — North Korean officials made a study trip to Singapore’s port in a move that “may have been a sanction violation”, according to a report by United Nations panel of experts. view the report a report  The 378-page report, dated March 5, detailed the panel’s findings related…

Singapore-Malaysia maritime dispute: Both sides agree to suspend overlapping port limits

Photo courtesy Singapore Ministry of Transport PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), March 15 (NNN-CNA) — Malaysia and Singapore agreed to mutually suspend the implementation of their overlapping port limits, as part of measures to dial down tensions in a maritime dispute.    Other measures announced include the suspension of commercial activities in the area, as well…

Garuda Indonesia CEO says ‘possibility’ airline will cancel Boeing 737 MAX orders

JAKARTA, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Garuda Indonesia said there is a “possibility” the airline will cancel its orders of Boeing Co’s 737 MAXs, with the final decision depending on what the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does. The 737 MAX has been banned from flying in most countries after an…
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