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Manila [Philippines], Dec. 29 : Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has now threatened to throw officials out of a flying helicopter if they misuse public funds while admitting on live television that he’s done it before.”Whoever will use this (publi…

Beijing [China], Dec. 29 : Days after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a counter-propaganda bill into law, Chinese media has warned that with such a move China and the U.S.might be heading towards or more accurately slipping back into an ideological …

Tokyo [Japan], Dec. 29 : The Ebara Corporation has donated pumps to Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH) on December 17 as part of its international cooperation activities through technical guidance.IUH has a department to study the engineer…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 29 : The Afghanistan Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said that Afghan National Police (ANP) special forces have killed at least 1,551 insurgents over the past nine months, including 400 key insurgent commanders.It said they had…

Moscow [Russia], Dec. 29 : The Foreign Ministry has said that the Russian embassy in Damascus has been shelled twice over the day.Announcing the attack, the Foreign Ministry said, “At 13:00 and 13:19 [Moscow time] on December 28, the Russian embassy in…

Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec. 29 : The second round of diplomatic discussions on the issue of Indian fishermen using bottom trawling method in Sri Lankan waters is scheduled to be held on January 2 next year in Colombo.The first round of discussions was he…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 29 : The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh has scrapped the e-token or prior appointment free visa system for Bangladeshi travelers.This will come into effect from January 1. The decision was taken in line with its ongoing e…

Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec. 29 : An election monitoring body in Sri Lanka has urged the government to conduct the Local Government (LG) elections promptly.People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) executive director Rohana Hettiarachchi point…

New York [USA], Dec. 29 : According to some officials, the Barack Obama administration is preparing to announce a series of retaliation measures against Russia for meddling in the US election and the announcement may be made as soon as Thursday.The off…

London [UK], Dec. 29 : Defending Washington’s decision to allow a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that if the country had vetoed it then Israel would have been given a licence for “unfettered settle…