SUVA -- Tongan Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva hailed on Wednesday the visit by the Chinese naval hospital ship Ark Peace, saying that the tour has deepened the profound friendship between Tonga and China and the two peoples as well.

Accompanied by Chinese Ambassador to Tonga Wang Baodong and the commanders of Mission Harmony 2018, Pohiva, also Tonga's foreign minister, reviewed the guards of honor, visited the medical facilities, asked about the ongoing medical services and visited the medical staff and the local patients, extending his best regards and deep appreciations on behalf of the King of Tonga, the government and the people as well.(Tonga-Ark Peace)

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HO CHI MINH CITY -- Police of Vietnam's central highlands Dak Lak province have detained a 38-year-old woman from northern Bac Kan province for transporting heroin from Laos to Vietnam.

Phan Thi Dao was detained on Tuesday when she was transporting 22 cakes of heroin hidden in a power generator on an interprovincial coach to Ho Chi Minh City, Dak Lak police said Wednesday.(Vietnam-Heroin trade)

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KATHMANDU -- Nepali Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Wednesday stressed on the need for revitalizing the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to advance prosperity in the region.

Addressing a function in the capital, the foreign minister expressed the hope that the SAARC can play a pivotal role in advancing prosperity in the South Asia region.(Nepal-SAARC)

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KABUL -- At least 45 Afghan security force members were killed after Taliban militants stormed a joint military camp in northern Baghlan province overnight, reported local media Tolo News TV on Wednesday.

The brazen attack occurred at midnight after hundreds of Taliban militants attacked Allahuddin Base in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the province, 160 km north of Kabul, triggering heavy clashes lasting for hours, the report quoted a provincial security source as saying.(Afghanistan-Taliban) Enditem

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