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Six Gunmen Killed In Attack On Nigerian Police Facility

LAGOS, Feb 20 (NNN-NAN) – Nigerian police killed six gunmen yesterday, who attacked a police facility, in the southern state…

New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle Death Toll Increased To 11

WELLINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Eleven people have been reported dead, with more than 3,200 people still unaccounted for, as…

AU Official Urged Turning Difficulties Into Opportunities To Transform Africa’s Energy Sector

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 20 (NNN-ENA) – African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, Amani Abou-Zeid, yesterday urged African countries,…

Afghan Gov’t To Turn Former U.S. Military Bases Into Economic Zones

KABUL, Feb 20 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan caretaker administration, has decided to change former U.S. military bases into economic zones,…

Search And Rescue Work To End As Quake-Hit Türkiye Moves To Shelter Homeless

ANKARA, Feb 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Turkish authorities have almost completed search and rescue work, nearly two weeks after the massive…

Fire Broke Out At Highrise In Bangladesh Capital Dhaka

DHAKA, Feb 20 (NNN-BSS) – A devastating fire broke out at a multi-storey building in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, last night,…

People In Tokyo Flocked To Say Goodbye To Beloved Giant Panda Xiang Xiang

TOKYO, Feb 20 (NNN-NHK) – People flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno Zoological Gardens yesterday, to see Xiang Xiang, on the final…

Severe Thunderstorms Wreak Havoc On Australia’s Sydney

SYDNEY, Feb 19 (NNN-AAP) – Severe thunderstorms rolled into Australia’s most populated city, Sydney, yesterday afternoon, bringing about damaging lightning…

Sri Lanka To Spend 132 Million USD On Port Development Projects

COLOMBO, Feb 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva, said, the government…

Earthquake: Malaysia Sends First Humanitarian Aid Mission To Syria

SUBANG (Selangor, Malaysia), Feb 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s first humanitarian aid delivery mission to Syria which was hit by an earthquake earlier…