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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 […]
Read MoreSTRASBOURG, 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 […]
Read MoreMOGADISHU, 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 […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, 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 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, April 5 (Xinhua) — The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a census team in the country’s eastern Punjab province, which left six people killed and 15 others injured, local Urdu media reported. Express News said that TTP spokesperson Muhammad Khurasani took credit of the attack in a […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday warned that slow productivity growth since the 2008 financial crisis would threaten financial and social stability in some countries. “Another decade of weak productivity growth would seriously undermine the rise in global living standards,” said Christine Lagarde, IMF’s managing director, at an event held […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, April 4 (Xinhua) — Iran strongly condemned Monday terrorist attack in Russia’s St. Petersburg subway stations, Tasnim news agency reported. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi expressed sympathy with the families of the victims, saying “We once again remind the necessity for joint international efforts for seriously confronting terrorism regardless of motivations behind it.” […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, April 4 (Xinhua) — Indian government has approved procurement of a fresh batch of Barak surface-to-air missiles for its naval warships to enhance maritime capability, the state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Tuesday. The proposal was approved during a meeting of the defence acquisition council (DAC), chaired by India’s Defense Minister Arun […]
Read MoreMAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, April 4 (Xinhua) — Seven militants were killed and 19 others wounded in two separate clashes in northern Afghanistan, said a military statement on Tuesday. In one incident, six militants were killed and 18 others injured after fighting flared up between security forces and militants in Guzar village, Chimtal district in Balkh province […]
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