Malaysia Committed To Strengthening Cooperation With Other Commonwealth Countries – Wisma Putra

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia is committed to working together with other Commonwealth countries by strengthening cooperation in several priority areas. Wisma Putra, in a Commonwealth Day 2021 message today, said the priority areas consisted of promoting good governance, addressing the social and economic impact of the COVID-19…

International Women’s Day: Queen Reminds Women To Love, Value Themselves

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Queen Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Monday reminded every woman to love and value herself to be a great and happy human being. She said women need to look after their physical and mental health as well as their…

Msian PM Muhyiddin Arrived In Madinah

MADINAH, March 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his wife Noorainee Abdul Rahman arrived safely in Madinah on Sunday. He was received at the Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport at 5.50 pm (10.50pm in Malaysia) by the Deputy Governor of Madinah, Prince Saud bin Khalid Al Faisal,…

Two Police Personnel Shot Dead, Two Injured In Two Separate Attacks In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Mar 8 (NNN-APP) – Two separate attacks at police, in the Pakistani capital Islamabad and its adjacent city, Rawalpindi, left at least two police personnel, including an officer, killed, and two others injured, police and local media said. Deputy Inspector General of Islamabad police, Afzaal Kausar, said, some unknown…

U.S., South Korea Reach Agreement On Defence Cost-Sharing

WASHINGTON, Mar 8 (NNN-YONHAP) – The United States and South Korea reached an agreement on defence cost-sharing, with increased contribution from South Korea, U.S. State Department said yesterday. “We are pleased that U.S. and the Republic of Korea negotiators have reached consensus on a proposed text of a Special Measures…

20 Dead, 600 Injured In Explosions In Equatorial Guinea’s Largest City

YAOUNDE, Mar 8 (NNN-IRIN) – Explosions in the Equatorial Guinean city of Bata yesterday were caused by accident, and the latest casualty count showed at least 20 people were killed and 600 others injured, according to the country’s authorities. Yesterday afternoon, at the Nkoatama military camp in Bata, explosives warehouses…

French Billionaire Lawmaker Olivier Dassault Killed In Helicopter Crash

PARIS, Mar 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Olivier Dassault, deputy of conservative party, Les Republicains (LR), and son of French industrialist, Serge Dassault, was killed in a helicopter crash, President Emmanuel Macron said, on Twitter yesterday. “Olivier Dassault loved France. A captain of industry, lawmaker… during his life, he never ceased to…

U.S., Allies Dropped 46 Bombs Per Day On Other Countries Since 2001: Research

LOS ANGELES, Mar 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – An average of 46 bombs have been dropped on other countries per day, by the United States and its allies since 2001, recent research by anti-war group CODEPINK revealed. According to the research, by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies of the U.S.-based group,…

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…
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