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Afghanistan’s Rice Farmers Struggle To Feed Their Hungry Nation

KUNDUZ, May 20 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan needs jobs. In the medium and long term, nothing else can help the country…

13 Women Awarded Damages For Japanese Medical School’s Entrance Exams Rigging

TOKYO, May 20 (NNN-NHK) – A Japanese court, yesterday decided that, a medical school in Tokyo should pay about 8.05…

NATO Chief Vows To Settle Turkey’s Concerns Over Expansion

COPENHAGEN, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), yesterday pledged to address…

News Analysis: Israeli Gov’t Loses Majority, Stability In Question

by Keren Setton JERUSALEM, May 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The resignation of an Arab-Israeli member of the coalition yesterday, has led…

UN Mission Urges Lebanon, Israel To Resolve Rifts Through Tripartite Meetings

BEIRUT, May 20 (NNN-NNA) – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), yesterday called on Lebanon and Israel, to…

Uzbekistan To Ease Tariff Policy For Energy Sector Reform

TASHKENT, May 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan will introduce a monthly “social norm” – a limit for state-subsidised gas and electricity,…

Pakistani PM, European Council President Discuss Relations, Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, May 20 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, discussed by phone, with European Council President, Charles Michel, bilateral…

Myanmar’s SAC Chairman To Hold Peace Talks With 10 Ethnic Armed Groups Tomorrow

YANGON, May 19 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s State Administration Council’s (SAC) chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, will hold peace talks…

Iranian Media Slaps U.S. “Dark History” Of Mistreating Native American Children In Boarding Schools

TEHRAN, May 19 (NNN-IRNA) – The finding of around 500 reported deaths of Native American children, who were forced to…

Afghan Capital City To Launch 181 Development Projects

KABUL, May 19 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan capital has launched and implemented 181 development projects throughout the current year in…