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Head of Australia’s foreign affair department calls for more females in senior positions

CANBERRA, April 6 (Xinhua) — The female head of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has expressed her disappointment at the lack of women in high ranking positions within the organization, saying there has never been a female ambassador in major cities such as Jakarta, Washington and London. Speaking at a conference discussing […]

Bangladesh earns 26 bln USD in exports in 3Qs of current fiscal

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s export income in the first three quarters of the current 2016-17 fiscal year (July 2016-June 2017) grew 3.97 percent to nearly 26 billion U.S. dollars, an official said Thursday, reports Xinhua. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official told Xinhua that the country earned a total of 25,946.02 million U.S. […]

World MPs in drive to end extreme inequalities

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Expressing grave concern with the extreme political, social and economic inequalities prevalent in the world, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has called for immediate action to reverse this trend and leave no one behind. In a declaration issued at the close of the 136th IPU Assembly (#IPU136) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, IPU […]

Blast inside house kills 6 family members in central India

NEW DELHI, April 5 (Xinhua) — At least six members of a family were killed Wednesday after a stockpile of fireworks exploded in their house in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said. The blast took place at Seondha in Datia district, about 439 km north of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. […]

6 Central Asian citizens detained in St. Petersburg for suspected terrorist activities

MOSCOW, April 5 (Xinhua) — Six Central Asian nationals were detained Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Russia, on suspicion of facilitating terrorist activities and recruiting their compatriots for terrorist groups, Russian authorities said. “The suspects had been recruiting Central Asian natives for the Nusra Front and the Islamic State since November 2015. They also tried to […]

Japanese finance bureau charged over Moritomo Gakuen land deal, nationalist school operator sued

TOKYO, April 5 (Xinhua) — A regional chapter of Japan’s Finance Ministry has been accused of breach of trust for allegedly selling a plot of land at a hugely discounted rate to nationalist school operator Moritomo Gakuen. According to local media reports, Municipal Assembly member Makoto Kimura from Toyonaka City, Osaka, where the land is […]

European Parliament lays out conditions for approval of Brexit agreement

STRASBOURG, April 5 (Xinhua) — Members of European Parliament (MEPs), meeting here for a plenary session in Strasbourg, voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to adopt a resolution outlining major conditions for the approval of any final settlement on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU). Adopted by 516 votes in favor to 133 against, with […]

At least 6 killed in restaurant attack in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, April 5 (Xinhua) — At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in an explosion which went off at a restaurant outside two Somali government ministries on Wednesday. Police officer Ahmed Elmi told Xinhua that the car loaded with explosives went off at the entrance of the restaurant which is located opposite […]

Iran condemns use of chemical weapons in Syria conflicts

TEHRAN, April 5 (Xinhua) — Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent use of chemical weapons in Syria‘s rebel-held Idlib province, Tasnim news agency reported. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi offered his condolences to the Syrians over the deaths of people in a recent chemical attack […]