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Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Pak govt prepares to tackle locust crisis

May 04, 2020

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 : Amid the measures taken to curb the surging infection rates related to COVID-19, the Pakistan government has started preparing to tackle the issue of desert locust which, if not controlled, will endanger food security in the country.

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Coronavirus cases in Afghanistan close to 3,000

May 04, 2020

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 4 : Afghan health authorities on Monday said that 190 positive cases have been recorded across the country in the past 24 hours, which escalated the country's total infections to 2,894.
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Trump threatens to terminate Phase 1 trade deal if China fails to buy American goods worth USD 200 billion

May 04, 2020
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Singapore Airlines commits to Vistara; says no obligation to Virgin Australia

May 04, 2020

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Shinzo Abe to extend state of emergency in Japan by May 31

May 04, 2020

Tokyo [Japan], May 4 : Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has planned to extend the state of emergency...
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Alice Wells' wise counsel over South Asia will be missed: Pompeo

May 04, 2020

Washington DC [USA], May 4 : With Alice Wells set to retire from the State Department later this...
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Iran's OPEC governor in coma after 'severe brain hemorrhage'

May 04, 2020

Tehran [Iran], May 4 : Iran's OPEC governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili is in a coma after a "severe...
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Nepal Communist Party summons Standing Committee meeting on May 7

May 03, 2020
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Killing of Pashtun rights activist Arif Wazir shows worst form of state terrorism: Altaf Hussain

May 03, 2020
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Nepal records highest single-day spike of 16 new cases, tally jumps to 75

May 03, 2020
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Nepal: 10 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in single day; tally reaches 69

May 03, 2020
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Pakistani security forces kill 2 Baloch graduates, who were forced to join BLA, in Kalat

May 03, 2020
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Seoul says Kim Jong-un appears not to have undergone surgery

May 03, 2020
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Iran set to reopen mosques in low-risk COVID-19 areas

May 03, 2020
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MPs, journos questioning China over COVID-19 mishandling claim to be victims of suspicious hacking

May 03, 2020
During the session, the parliamentarians will hold extensive deliberations on the budget as well as the government's policies and programmes for the upcoming financial year.

Nepal Cabinet recommends President to summon Budget Session of Parliament from May 8

May 03, 2020
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Egyptian film-maker Shady Habash, who mocked El-Sisi in music video, dies in prison

May 03, 2020
Arif Wazir, leader of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement and Sajid Baluch

The final hour and desperate measures of Pak Army: Murders of Arif Wazir and Sajid Baluch

May 03, 2020
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Russia registers 10,633 new COVID-19 cases, tally at 134,687

May 03, 2020