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Jetstar Plane Gets Stuck At Manila’s Int’l Airport Grassy Portion

MANILA, Dec 14 (NNN-PNA) – A Jetstar Airways plane bound for Japan, veered off a runway and got stuck at…

India’s Trade Deficit Widens To 12 Billion USD In Nov

MUMBAI, Dec 14 (NNN-PTI) – India’s trade deficit widened to 12.13 billion U.S. dollars in Nov, from 11 billion in…

Java-Bali Electricity Gains More Supply As PLTU Java 7 Starts Operation

BANTEN, Indonesia, Dec 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Unit 1 of Indonesia’s coal-fired power plant PLTU Java 7, developed by a consortium…

UN Agencies Return Home 5,087 Somali Refugees From Yemen In Two Years

MOGADISHU, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two UN agencies said, some 5,087 Somali refugees have so far returned home from Yemen,…

Landmine Explosion Kills Three Children In Syria

DAMASCUS, Dec 14 (NNN-SANA) – Three children were killed and four others were injured on Friday, when a landmine exploded,…

UN Refugee Agency Calls For Intensified Support For Displaced Afghans

GENEVA, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The UN refugee agency UNHCR, appealed for intensified support for displaced Afghans, saying that, Afghans…

Update: New Zealand Rescue Team Recovers Six Bodies From Volcanic Island Despite Eruption Risk

WELLINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The recovery team retrieved six bodies from New Zealand’s White Island volcano, despite eruption risks,…

Expo 2020 Dubai Appoints Dubai Media Incorporated As ‘Official Host Broadcaster’

DUBAI, Dec 12 (NNN-WAM) – Expo 2020 Dubai announced, Dubai Media Incorporated, DMI, as the ‘Official Host Broadcaster’ for the…

Taliban claims responsibility for attack on U.S. base in Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack on the main U.S. military base…

Japan’s Nuclear Watchdog Green-Lights Plan For Reactors To Be Scrapped In Fukui

TOKYO, Dec 12 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), green-lit plans for two reactors at the Oi nuclear power…