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Bangladeshi PM calls for boosting food production to avert crisis

Bangladeshi PM calls for boosting food production to...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 20: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her call for boosting food production to save...

Bangladesh eyes exporting skilled labor to parts of Europe

Bangladesh eyes exporting skilled labor to parts of...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 20: Bangladeshi Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad said Monday the country looks to send...

Malaysian PM passes confidence vote

Malaysian PM passes confidence vote

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 20: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim passed a crucial confidence vote in the country's lower house...

Philippines' balance of payments posts 756 mln USD deficit in November

Philippines' balance of payments posts 756 mln USD...

Manila [Philippines], December 20: The Philippines' overall balance of payments (BOP) posted a 756 million U.S. dollar deficit in November,...

Northeastern Japan hit by record snowfalls

Northeastern Japan hit by record snowfalls

Tokyo [Japan], December 20: A strong winter pressure pattern has brought record snowfall to Japan's northeastern Tohoku region on Monday,...

S.Korea reports 87,559 new COVID-19 cases

S.Korea reports 87,559 new COVID-19 cases

Seoul [South Korea], December 20: South Korea reported 87,559 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours...

Malaysia reports 721 new COVID-19 infections, 2 new deaths

Malaysia reports 721 new COVID-19 infections, 2 new...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 20: Malaysia reported 721 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to...

Malaysia reports 847 new COVID-19 infections, 6 new deaths

Malaysia reports 847 new COVID-19 infections, 6 new...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 19: Malaysia reported 847 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to...

Tanzania's Zanzibar hosts 6th Kiswahili international conference

Tanzania's Zanzibar hosts 6th Kiswahili international conference

Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], December 19: Tanzania's Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi on Sunday opened the 6th Kiswahili international conference...

Cholera outbreak kills 20 in south Nigeria

Cholera outbreak kills 20 in south Nigeria

Abuja [Nigeria], December 19: At least 20 people have been killed so far in an outbreak of cholera in Nigeria's...

Tunisia gets loan to boost food security, electricity supply

Tunisia gets loan to boost food security, electricity...

Tunis [Tunisia], December 19: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved 220 million euro (233 million U.S. dollars) loans for...

Iran to launch 2 homegrown telecom satellites by March: minister

Iran to launch 2 homegrown telecom satellites by...

Tehran [Iran], December 19: Iran's minister of communication and information technology said on Sunday the country will launch at least...

Over 350 weapons seized in police operation in Tehran

Over 350 weapons seized in police operation in...

Tehran [Iran], December 19: Tehran police chief said on Sunday his forces seized 300 cold weapons, 55 firearms and hunting...

Iran slams CIA director's claims about Tehran-Moscow cooperation as "propaganda war"

Iran slams CIA director's claims about Tehran-Moscow cooperation...

Tehran [Iran], December 19: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman slammed Sunday the "baseless claims" by the director of the Central...

"Armed terrorists" intercepted in SE Iran

"Armed terrorists" intercepted in SE Iran

Tehran [Iran], December 19: Iran's border guards in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan intercepted a "terrorist group"...

Iran's parliament speaker says U.S. uses sanctions as leverage to pressure other country

Iran's parliament speaker says U.S. uses sanctions as...

Tehran [Iran], December 19: Iran's parliament speaker said on Sunday that the United States uses sanctions as leverage to pressure...

Israel launches tech plan for detection of noisy vehicles

Israel launches tech plan for detection of noisy...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 19: Israeli government on Sunday launched a plan to gather innovative solutions to the road noises of...

Jordan signs MoU for gold, lithium exploration

Jordan signs MoU for gold, lithium exploration

Amman [Jordan], December 19: Jordan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...

Leo Varadkar elected as new PM of Ireland

Leo Varadkar elected as new PM of Ireland

Dublin [Ireland], December 19: Leo Varadkar, former Irish Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Fine Gael party, has been...

Russia reports 7,222 new COVID-19 cases

Russia reports 7,222 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow [Russia], December 19: Russia has registered 7,222 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally...

U.S. stocks drop as recession fears persist

U.S. stocks drop as recession fears persist

New York [US], December 19: Wall Street's major averages fell on Friday as market participants remain concerned about the economic...

Search underway for medical transport plane that crashed off Hawaii coast

Search underway for medical transport plane that crashed...

Los Angeles [US], December 19: A search is underway Friday for a medical transport plane that crashed into the...

UN draft deal on biodiversity calls for increasing aid for developing countries

UN draft deal on biodiversity calls for increasing...

Montreal [Canada], December 19: A UN draft deal on biodiversity protection calls for increasing international financial aid from developed countries...

Forum on China-Bangladesh human resources development cooperation held in Dhaka

Forum on China-Bangladesh human resources development cooperation held...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 19: Chinese and Bangladeshi officials have met in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka to discuss how to promote...

Nepali president calls on parties to claim new coalition government

Nepali president calls on parties to claim new...

Kathmandu [Nepal], December 19: Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday called on the political parties to make a claim...

China Day carnival in Brunei attracts over 6,000 visitors

China Day carnival in Brunei attracts over 6,000...

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei],December 19: More than 6,000 people visited the three-day China Day cultural carnival, which ended here at...

Ferry boat explosion injures 17 in Myanmar's Yangon

Ferry boat explosion injures 17 in Myanmar's Yangon

Yangon [Myanmar], December 19: An explosion occurred Sunday night on a ferry boat in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon, injuring...