Kampala, 21 September: The death toll rose above 100 on Friday after a ferry capsized and sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported. The toll is likely to rise further as search and rescue operations continue after Thursday afternoon’s disaster, John Mongella, commissioner for the Mwanza region, told The Associated Press. President John Magufuli urged […]
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Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61 due to illness
Hanoi, 21 September: Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, the country’s second in command after the Communist party’s leader, died Friday of a serious illness, the government said. He was 61. The website statement said Quang passed away despite “utmost efforts to treat him by Vietnamese and foreign professors and doctors and care by the Party […]
The 5th Baltic Black Sea Forum Held in South Korea
Incheon, Korea – 17 Sep 2018 – The 5th Baltic-Black Sea Forum, a meeting of former presidents of Eastern Europe, was held on the subject of “Affirming the Solidarity in Maintaining Peace: Better Europe and Asia. Experience and Prospective” on 16th September in the Republic of Korea. International Centre for Black Sea-Baltic Studies and Consensus […]
Nepali peacekeeper in South Sudan shot at
Kathmandu – A Nepali peacekeeper deployed in South Sudan has been injured when the soldiers of South Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) opened fire on Sunday morning. He was shot in the leg. According to the Directorate of Public Relations of Nepal Army, the injured soldier is out of danger. He is undergoing treatment at […]
No decision to observe Constitution Day as black day: SSFN
Kathmandu – 17, Sep 2018 – Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal (SSFN) has said the party has made no decision to observe the Constitution Day as a ‘black day’. In a statement on Monday, the Madhes-based party, also a ruling partner of the federal executive led by KP Sharma Oli, said that it would not participate in […]
National Leaders in Eastern Europe Seek Cooperative Measures for Peacebuilding in Association with an Int’l NGO in South Korea
Seoul – On 16th of September, a peace talk in search of the fundamental solution to put an end to the war was hosted by a UN-affiliated NGO, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) in Goseong, South Korea. ‘Goseong Peace Talk’, which was jointly organized with International Centre for Black Sea-Baltic Studies and […]
HWPL World Peace Summit: 4th Anniversary of the WARP Launched a 3-Day Summit
Seoul, 17 September: HWPL, an international peace NGO registered in UN ECOSOC and UN DPI, opened the first day of “2018 HWPL Peace Summit”in Incheon, South Korea, in attendance with about 600 social representatives from various sectors in the world. At the plenary session for the 3-days peace summit, “2018 Conference for the Implementation of […]
40 Years On – China and the World
Kathmandu – To mark the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up, the fifth Vision China event, themed 40 Years On – China and the World, was held by China Daily at One Great George Street, London, on September 13. Guest speakers included Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to the UK, Jim O’Neill, the British economist […]
Cable Car to be constructed linking Birethanti to Muktinath
Kathmandu, 13 September: A cable car way would be constructed linking Birethanti of Kaski to Mustang. A Memorandum of Understanding to this regard was signed between the Investment Board and Muktinath Cable Car Darshan Private on Wednesday. Chief Executive Officer at the Board Maha Prasad Adhikari and Company Chairman Arun Kumar Subedi singed the MoU. […]
Two Afghan journalists killed, five injured in back-to-back suicide bombings
Two television journalists were killed and another five injured in a brutal twin blast in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on September 5. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning the suicide attack and calls for the strongest retaliation from the Afghanistan government in tracking down those responsible. […]