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Drinking Water In Eastern Australia At Risk Of Flood Contamination: Scientist

SYDNEY, Mar 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – As devastating floods continue to swamp much of eastern Australia, an environmental scientist is warning…

New Zealand Signs Free Trade Deal With Britain

WELLINGTON, Mar 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand and Britain signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) today, that unlocks unprecedented access…

Myanmar Extends Ceasefire With Ethnic Armed Groups Until Year-End

YANGON, Mar 1 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s military extended its ceasefire agreements with ethnic armed groups, until the end of this…

Blast Kills Two Children, Wounds Two In Afghanistan’s Northern Kunduz Province

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Mar 1 (NNN-ANA) – Two children lost their lives and two others sustained injuries, as an explosive device…

Turkey Warns Warships Not To Pass Through Straits Except For Return To Bases

ANKARA, Mar 1 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey warned yesterday, warships of both Black Sea and non-Black Sea countries, not to pass…

Jordan Plans To Use Sludge To Generate Power

AMMAN, Mar 1 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s Water Minister, Mohammad Najjar said yesterday, the country is looking into using treated sludge…

Hosting U.S. Nuclear Weapons “Completely Unacceptable”: Japan’s PM

TOKYO, Mar 1 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, yesterday said, it is completely “unacceptable” for Japan to make…

Iran Says Vienna Agreement Draft Ready, Awaiting West’s Political Decisions

TEHRAN, Mar 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran said yesterday that, a draft of the final agreement in the Vienna talks, on…

Afghan Woman Builds Girls’ School In Far-Flung District

SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Feb 28 (NNN-ANA) – An Afghan woman helped, in constructing a school for girls, in the country’s northern…

Kidnapper Killed, Hostage Rescued In Afghanistan’s Kabul

KABUL, Feb 28 (NNN-ANA) – One kidnapper was killed and four others arrested, after intelligence personnel of the Afghan caretaker…