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China Daily | Updated: 2019-04-08 07:15

MALAYSIA

Neighbors reach agreement on dispute

Malaysia and Singapore reached an agreement on settling an airspace dispute on Saturday after several months of negotiations. According to a statement by Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook and his Singaporean counterpart Khaw Boon Wan, Singapore will withdraw the Instrument Landing System procedures for its Seletar Airport and Malaysia will indefinitely suspend its permanent Restricted Area in Pasir Gudang town in Johor state, which neighbors Singapore. "Both transport ministers welcome these positive steps and look forward to further strengthening bilateral cooperation," the statement added.

AFGHANISTAN

Twin blasts kill 3 civilians, injure 19

At least three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 19 others wounded in twin blasts in eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, a local official said. The blasts occurred roughly at 10 am local time in Police District 4 of the city, where two Improvised Explosive Devices went off, resulting in the death of three civilians, including a 22-year-old woman and injury of 19 others, Ataullah Khogyani, provincial government spokesman, told Xinhua. Among those injured were two children and four women but the injured were shifted to a government-run regional hospital, the spokesman said, adding two of the injured were in critical condition. No group has claimed responsibility for the blasts yet.

Xinhua

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