Passenger Train Derailment In Pakistan’s Sindh Leaves One Killed, Over 25 Injured

ISLAMABAD, Mar 7 (NNN-APP) – A woman was killed and over 25 others were injured, when nine out of 18 compartments of a passenger train derailed in Sukkur district of Pakistan’s south Sindh province, in the wee hours of this morning, Inspector General of Pakistan Railways Police, Arif Nawaz, said…

Former Australian Foreign Minister “Unspeakably Sad” About Parliament Rape Allegations

CANBERRA, Mar 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Former Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, urged the government to introduce independent counselling for parliament staff, amid claims of mistreatment of women. Bishop, who served as the minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018, said, she was “unspeakably sad” about allegations of sexual assault…

Pakistani PM Secures Vote Of Confidence From National Assembly

ISLAMABAD, Mar 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, yesterday, successfully secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the country’s parliament, NA Speaker, Asad Qaiser, said. A total of 178 lawmakers of the 342-seat NA that currently has 340 members, voted…

Iraq, Iran Call For Enhancing Regional Security, Stability

BAGHDAD, Mar 7 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, and Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, yesterday, called for enhancing security and stability of the region. A statement by al-Kadhimi’s media office said, al-Kadhimi received a phone call from Rouhani, in which they discussed means to develop bilateral relations at various…

PM Muhyiddin Leaves For Official Visit To Makkah Saturday

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (NNN-Bernama) — Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Saturday departed for Makkah, Saudi Arabia for his maiden official visit to West Asia. Muhyiddin, in his official Facebook site said the visit was at the invitation of Saudi Arabian king, King Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud who is the Custodian of…

Australia Lagging Behind On Electric Vehicles: Industry Group

CANBERRA, Mar 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australians are paying the price for the governments’ lack of ambition on electric vehicles, according to the industry’s peak body. Behyad Jafari, chief executive of the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC), described the electric vehicle (EV) policies of Australia’s federal, state and territory governments, as an…

6.1-Magnitude Aftershock Strikes Offshore Of North Part Of New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Mar 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand today, according to GeoNet NZ. As the largest aftershock since yesterday’s 7.2-magnitude quake, this quake hit 140 km east of Te Araroa, at 1:16 p.m. local time, at a depth of…

Mongolian Women’s Average Monthly Salary Up 48 Percent In Three Years

ULAN BATOR, Mar 6 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – The average monthly salary of women in Mongolia has increased 48 percent, over the past three years, the country’s National Statistics Office (NSO) said yesterday. At the end of 2020, women’s average monthly salary in Mongolia was 1,135,800 Mongolian Tugriks (about 400 U.S. dollars),…

Five Killed, Five Injured In Landmine Blast In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Mar 6 (NNN-APP) – A landmine blast in Sibi district of Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, killed five people and left five others injured last night, local media reported. Deputy Commissioner of the district, Yasir Khan Bazai, told local media that, a vehicle carrying labourers, hit a landmine in the…

6.3-Magnitude Quake Hits Off New Zealand — USGS

HONG KONG, Mar 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted 182 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand, at 0016 GMT today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), said. The epicentre, with a depth of 11.57 km, was initially determined to be at 37.6016 degrees south, latitude, and…
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