KATHMANDU -- Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees from across the world thronged into Pashupatinath temple here on Friday to celebrate their biggest festival Maha Shivaratri.

Shivaratri is celebrated annually in devotion of lord Shiva on a new moon day in the Nepali lunar month of Falgun by offering prayers to Shiva, who is regarded as the God of immense power and destruction.(Nepal-Festival)

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BANGKOK -- Former leader of the Future Forward Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit quickly formed "the Group of Future Forward" here after the Thai Constitutional Court ruled in favor to dissolve the party on Friday, pertaining to its money-lending controversy.

"We have no intention of giving up our political activities despite our party being dissolved by the Court," said Thanathorn.(Thailand-Party)

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Friday that the number of the confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Hong Kong remained at 68 with one probable case as of 8:00 p.m. local time.

At its daily press briefing on Friday, the CHP reported that a case confirmed on Feb. 20 involved a 48-year-old police officer.(Hong Kong-COVID-19)

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KABUL -- The Afghan Taliban has confirmed the outfit will sign a peace accord with the United States later this month, paving the way for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said Friday.

Zabiullah Mujahid, a purported Taliban spokesman, wrote on Twitter that following lengthy negotiations "both parties agreed to sign the finalized accord in the presence of international observers" on Feb. 29.(Afghanistan-Taliban-US-Deal) Enditem

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