DHAKA -- Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque said on Sunday that the repatriation of Rohingya refugees would begin anytime as a fresh attempt by Dhaka and Nay Pyi Taw secured progress to start sending back the stateless ethnic people who were forced to leave their homes from Myanmar's Rakhine state almost two years ago.

"We hope to start repatriating Rohingya people on a small scale anytime," Haque told here journalists but did not elaborate.

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday strongly condemned as an "inhumane act" a recent deadly attack on a wedding ceremony in the Afghan capital Kabul, and offered condolences to the Afghanistan government and nation as well as the families of the victims.

"We are confident that Afghanistan can weather these problems ... through unity between the government and nation and among all (political) parties and ethnic groups," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi.

"On this path, Afghanistan will always have Iran by its side," he added.

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A total of 1,500 people celebrated the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China on Sunday's evening, at the Auckland Town Hall.

"We are a delight to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. China is the biggest trade partner of New Zealand. Also, China is the primary source of international students of New Zealand," said Phil Goff, Mayor of Auckland. Enditem

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