NEW DELHI -- A MiG-27 fighter jet belonging to Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in India's western state of Rajasthan on Tuesday evening, officials said.

The fighter jet crashed during a training mission above Pokhran in Jaisalmer district, about 452 km west of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. (India-Fighter jet-Crash)

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BANGKOK -- Thailand's Election Commission has not reached a conclusion as to whether it will forward Thai Raksa Chart Party's case to the constitutional court to dissolve the party over its nomination of the king's sister as candidate for prime minister, the commission said in a press release on Tuesday.

Thai Raksa Chart (Thais protect country) Party will launch a petition on Wednesday for the Election Commission to wait for it to submit pieces of evidence and witnesses to refute the alleged wrongdoings, Pichit Chuenban, head of the party's legal section, said late Tuesday. (Thailand-Election-Nomination)

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HONG KONG -- A magnitude-5.9 earthquake jolted 35km NNE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands at 12:34:15 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 129.98 km, was initially determined to be at 19.0727 degrees north latitude and 145.7712 degrees east longitude. (Northern Mariana Islands-Quake)

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TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co. announced Tuesday that owing to weaker international vehicle sales, it has lowered its net profit outlook for the business year ending March 31.

The Yokohama-based automaker said it now projects a group net profit of 410 billion yen (3.70 billion U.S. dollars) for the business year ending next month. (Japan-Nissan-Profit) Enditem

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