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Zhaparov Takes Office As Kyrgyz President

BISHKEK, Jan 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sadyr Zhaparov, officially took office as the new Kyrgyz president yesterday, to be the sixth…

Netanyahu Says U.S. Suspension Of F-35 Deal With UAE Does Not Affect UAE-Israel Ties

JERUSALEM, Jan 29 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday that, the U.S. decision to suspend the sale…

Three Injured As Blast Hits Police Van In Afghanistan’s Eastern Nangarhar

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three policemen were injured, as a blast struck a police vehicle, in the Surkh…

Brunei-China Joint Petrochemical Venture Organises Blood Donation

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 28 (NNN-ANN) – Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between China and Brunei, held a…

Housing For Southern Lao Flood Victims To Be Completed This Year

VIENTIANE, Jan 28 (NNN-KPL) – Some 496 of 700 planned new homes have been completed, for flood victims in southern…

Indonesia’s Mt. Merapi Spews Hot Clouds 36 Times

JAKARTA, Jan 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Mount Merapi spewed hot clouds 36 times, streaming down up to 3,000 metres, from…

Road Accident Leaves Nine Killed In Western Afghanistan

HERAT, Afghanistan, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nine people were killed and two others injured, in a wagon-bus collision, in Afghanistan’s…

Japan’s PM Suga Holds First Phone Conversation With Biden

TOKYO, Jan 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, spoke with new U.S. President, Joe Biden, via the phone…

Pro-Gov’t Forces Find Mass Grave In Syria’s Deir Al-Zour

DAMASCUS, Jan 27 (NNN-SANA) – Pro-government fighters found a mass grave with nine bodies, in Syria’s eastern province of Deir…

Israel’s Army Chief Warns U.S. Against Rejoining Iran Nuclear Deal

JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli military chief, Aviv Kochavi, warned the United States against rejoining the 2015 Iran nuclear…