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UN General Assembly to debate call for end to Israeli occupation

 UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN member states will debate Tuesday a push by the Palestinians to formally demand…

Chinese Envoy Renews Call For Israel To Fulfill Obligations Under Int’l Humanitarian Law

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, renewed the call yesterday,…

Pakistan Committed To Preserving Ozone Layer, Combating Climate Change

ISLAMABAD, Sept 17 (NNN-APP) – Romina Khurshid Alam, coordinator to the Pakistani prime minister on climate change and environmental coordination,…

Philippines’ Year-To-Date Investment Approvals Hit 24.2 Billion USD

MANILA, Sept 17 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines approved 1.35 trillion pesos (about 24.2 billion U.S. dollars) worth of investments, so…

Death Toll From Myanmar’s Flooding Rises To 226

YANGON, Sept 17 (NNN-MNA) – The death toll from Myanmar’s flooding has risen to 226, with 77 people still missing,…

ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre Hosts Advanced Training In Psycho-Social Support

PHNOM PENH, Sept 17 (NNN-AKP) – The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC), yesterday, hosted here, the sixth psycho-social support…

Foreign Tourist Arrivals To Mongolia In Jan-Aug Surged 23 Percent

ULAN BATOR, Sept 16 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia welcomed a total of 576,283 foreign tourists in the first eight months of…

Three Killed In S. Korea When Fishing Boat Capsized

SEOUL, Sept 16 (NNN-YONHAP) – A fishing boat capsized in an accident, off South Korea’s western coast, which left three…

Singapore Authority Arrested 65 Drug Offenders

SINGAPORE, Sept 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), said today that, it arrested 65 suspected drug offenders, in…

Developing Nations Unite At UNHRC To Challenge Western Unilateral Sanctions

By Xinhua writer Shi Song GENEVA, Sept 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – “To my regret, sanctioning states deny the existence of the…