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At least 138 journalists killed in 2014: report updates

GENEVA, Jan. 6 (NsNewsWire) — The year 2014 has become the second deadliest year for journalists over ten years with at least 138 journalists killed by the end of last year, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said on Monday in its updated annual report. The annual report, which first published on December 15, documented 128 […]

China nets over 100,000 officials in frugality campaign

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — December 2014 saw 5,340 officials reprimanded for violating austere working practice policies, bringing the total number of those held to task since late 2012 to over 100,000, the top anti-graft body said Monday. Those punished last month were involved in 4,238 violation cases, the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) Central […]

BGB deployed in Bangladesh capital

DHAKA, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire)– BGB troops were deployed in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Sunday night to maintain law and order situation. BNP Chief Khaleda Zia, who remained cordoned off inside her office in capital Dhaka’s Gushan diplomatic enclave since Saturday night, has asked her 20-party alliance leaders and activists to defy the police ban on […]

Saudi King on temporary ventilator for respiratory infection

RIYADH, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Saudi Royal Court announced Friday that the Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is on temporary ventilator for respiratory infection, reports Xinhua quoting Saudi Press Agency. Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that He was admitted to King Abdulaziz Medical City of National Guard in Riyadh to undergo some medical […]

Indonesia finds two ‘large objects’ in search for AirAsia jet

JAKARTA, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Ships searching for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have pinpointed two “big objects” on the sea floor, the head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on Saturday. The Airbus (AIR.PA) A320-200 plunged into the Java Sea on Sunday while en […]

7 bodies recovered in AirAsia plane search operation

SURABAYA, East Java, Indonesia, Jan. 2 (NsNewsWire) — As many as seven corpses have been pulled out from the seas in search and rescue operation of AirAsia plane in Indonesia. Head of Search and Rescue Office in East Java province Moch. Hernanto said that two out of the seven bodies were already moved to the […]

Violent brawl likely between Bangladesh ruling, opposition parties over elections

DHAKA, Jan. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has tabled a seven-point proposal to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasian’s government for an immediate “inclusive general elections” under a non-party caretaker government. Khaleda Zia, also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP), at a press briefing in capital Dhaka on Wednesday night unveiled the […]

UN rejects Palestinian resolution to end Israel’s occupation

United Nations, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years late Tuesday, a blow to an Arab campaign to get the U.N.’s most powerful body to take action to achieve an independent state of Palestine. The United States, Israel’s closest ally, had made […]

Bodies and debris found in AirAsia plane search

SURABAYA, Indonesia, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) –Debris and bodies from the AirAsia flight were found Tuesday in Indonesian waters, three days after the jetliner with 162 people disappeared from radar in bad weather. The country’s National Search and Rescue Agency confirmed that debris from the aircraft was found in the Karimata Strait between Sumatra, Java and […]