Two Dead Due To Homemade Firecracker Explosion In Vietnam

HANOI, Sept 9 (NNN-VNA) – A homemade firecracker explosion has left two dead, in northern Vietnam’s Bac Ninh province, yesterday. According to the initial report, the explosion occurred in a rented apartment, where investigators found metal cans and pipes, suspected of being used in firecracker production. The local authorities are…

Seven Killed In Road Accident In Pakistan’s Sindh Province

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (NNN-APP) – At least seven members of a family were killed, when a speeding truck collided with a car in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, police said, yesterday. The accident occurred on the National Highway, in Naushehro Feroze district, where a trailer rammed into a car carrying the…

Indonesian President Reshuffles Cabinet After Weeklong Protest, Replacing Sri Mulyani

JAKARTA, Sept 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Prabowo Subianto, yesterday, reshuffled his cabinet, replacing five ministers and inaugurating a new ministry. The reshuffle affected, among others, the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, and the Ministry of Finance. In addition, the government established the Ministry of Hajj and…

Two Militants Killed In Gunfight In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (NNN-PTI) – Two militants were killed and two soldiers of the Indian army wounded, yesterday, in a fierce gunfight in the restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The gunfight broke out inside the Guddar forest of Kulgam district, about 75 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital…

11 New Dengue Cases Reported In Pakistan’s Capital

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad, reported 11 new dengue cases, during the last 24 hours, officials said, yesterday. A total of seven cases were detected in rural areas, while four were reported from urban localities. Surveillance and inspections were continuing across the federal capital, to…

More Than 1.5 Million Tourists Arrived In Maldives So Far This Year

MALÉ, Sept 8 (NNN-IPS) – The Maldives welcomed over 1.5 million tourists, so far this year, a 9.7 percent increase from the same period last year, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Environment. The country received 1,520,699 tourists, so far this year, the data showed. The growth kept…

Pakistan’s Workers Remittances Increased 6.6 Percent In August

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s workers remittances rose 6.6 percent, year-on-year, to 3.1 billion U.S. dollars in August, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said, yesterday. The cumulative inflows during the first two months of the 2025-26 fiscal year reached 6.4 billion dollars, marking a growth of 7.0 percent,…

Blast Killed Three In India’s Haryana

NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (NNN-PTI) – Three members of a family were killed yesterday, after the compressor of an air conditioner exploded, triggering fire in a four-storey residential building, in the northern Indian state of Haryana, police said. The accident took place in Greenfield area of Haryana’s Faridabad district. According…

Egypt’s Sisi Slams Israel For Gaza War, Opposes Palestinian Displacement

CAIRO, Sept 9 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday, condemned Israel for its military operations in the Gaza Strip, and reaffirmed his rejection of any attempt to displace Palestinians from their land, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. In a speech delivered at a virtual BRICS summit, Sisi…

Urgent: 6.8-Magnitude Quake Hit Vanuatu Region – USGS

BEIJING, Sept 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.8, jolted the Vanuatu region, at 2147 GMT last night , the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 21.09 degrees south latitude, and 173.80 degrees east longitude.–…