Southern Vietnam Reports 36 Deaths From Dengue Fever, So Far This Year

HANOI, Jun 14 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s southern region, reported more than 39,300 dengue fever infections, with 36 deaths from the disease so far this year. Among the infections, nearly 1,200 were severe cases, according to Doctor Luong Chan Quang from Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute. The number of infections…

Rare White Tiger Born At Bangladesh National Zoo

DHAKA, Jun 14 (NNN-BSS) – Two Bengal tiger cubs were seen yesterday, playing with each other in the tiger enclosure at the Bangladesh National Zoo, also known as the Dhaka Zoo. The zoo has recently welcomed the cubs including one white cub. The cubs are now about two-and-a-half months old,…

Gaza Factions Call For Interference To Halt Israeli Violations In Palestine

GAZA, Jun 14 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, yesterday called for immediate Arab and international interference, to halt Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The factions’ leaders made the appeal in a joint press statement, issued after a meeting held in…

India Records 6,594 New COVID-19 Cases, Six More Deaths

NEW DELHI, Jun 14 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,236,695 today, with 6,594 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed. Besides, six deaths from the pandemic registered across the country since yesterday morning took the death toll…

100 Militants Killed In Gunfights Across Indian-Controlled Kashmir Since Jan 1

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Jun 14 (NNN-PTI) – Since the beginning of this year, government forces have killed 100 militants, in gunfights across restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said yesterday. A brief statement issued by the police said that, “100 militants were killed in different gunfights in five months and 12 days…

Petrol Prices Up For 11th Time In Vietnam This Year

HANOI, Jun 14 (NNN-VNA) – Petroleum prices in Vietnam have set a new record, after being adjusted up for the 11th time this year. From yesterday, the price of RON95 bio-fuel per litre was raised by 797 Vietnamese dongs (around 0.034 U.S. dollars) to a record-high 32,375 Vietnamese dongs. The…

Japan’s LDP Policy Chief Calls For Defence Budget To Be Doubled

TOKYO, Jun 14 (NNN-NHK) – The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) policy chief, Sanae Takaichi, called for Japan’s annual defence budget to be doubled, to cater for increased outlays related to space and cybersecurity, local media reported yesterday. Takaichi, known for her rightwing, hawkish views and close ties with former…

Yemeni Gov’t Says Five Soldiers Killed By Houthis Despite Truce

ADEN, Jun 14 (NNN-YPA) – The Yemeni government announced yesterday that, five soldiers were killed and 15 others wounded, by the Houthi militia, during the UN-brokered truce. According to a statement, released by the Defence Ministry of Yemen’s government, “The Houthi militia committed 185 breaches of the truce, brokered by…

Cultural Park To Be Built On Old Train Station In Beirut: Ministers

BEIRUT, Jun 14 (NNN-NNA) – A public park and cultural centre will be built on the destroyed old train station in Beirut, according to a new project, unveiled by Lebanese senior officials at a press conference yesterday. Caretaker Culture Minister, Wissam Mortada, caretaker Public Works and Transport Minister, Ali Hamieh,…

Over 40 Kg Heroin, Stimulants Seized In Myanmar’s Central Region

YANGON, Jun 14 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force, seized over 1.6 billion kyats (about 864,864 U.S. dollars) worth of heroin and stimulant pills, in Mandalay region, a police statement said yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, the anti-narcotics agents seized 40.7 kg heroin and 400,000 stimulant tablets from a vehicle…