Myanmar’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force Seizes Five Million Stimulant Tablets

YANGON, May 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force, seized five million stimulant tablets worth K5 billion (over 2.7 million U.S. dollars) in Yangon, according to a police statement. Following a tip-off, police raided a house at No 3, Zawtika street, Thingangyun Gyi Ward of Mingalardon Township, and arrested seven…

Pakistan Welcomes China-Proposed Global Security Initiative

ISLAMABAD, May 28 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the Global Security Initiative (GSI), proposed by the Chinese leadership, saying that, it derived its core from the principles of the United Nations. The GSI focuses on the notion of the “UN Charter, respect for the sovereignty and territorial…

UN Mideast Envoy Calls For Coordinated, Strategic Approach To Israeli-Palestinian Issue

UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, called for a better coordinated and strategic approach to the Israeli-Palestinian issue. “We must push beyond the paradigm of managing the conflict and move towards resolving it,” he told the Security Council in…

Strong Quake Hits Eastern Indonesia, No Casualty Reported

JAKARTA, May 27 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku today, but there was no initial report of damage or casualties in the country, weather agency and disaster officials said. The country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency, did not issue a warning for a tsunami,…

Asylum Seeker Family Cleared To Remain In Australia After Four Years In Detention

CANBERRA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s federal government, announced that, an asylum-seeking family will be able to remain in Australia after four years in detention. Jim Chalmers, the interim minister for home affairs, today announced that, the Murugappan family will be allowed to return to the central Queensland community of…

Ongoing Floods Affect Over Half A Million As Death Toll Rises To 30 In India’s Assam

NEW DELHI, May 27 (NNN-PTI) – The ongoing floods in India’s north-eastern state of Assam have affected over half a million people and killed 30, so far, officials said today. There has been no respite in the ongoing flood situation in the state, and according to Assam State Disaster Management…

Abbas Names Adviser Al-Sheikh To Lead PLO Executive Committee

RAMALLAH, May 27 (NNN-WAFA) – Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president and chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), named Hussein al-Sheikh, as the PLO Secretary-General yesterday. A senior Palestinian official said that, 62-year-old Al-Sheikh, succeeded the late PLO Secretary-General, Saeb Erekat, who died in Nov, 2020, from COVID-19. The position is…

S.Korea’s Early Voting For Local Elections Kicks Off

SEOUL, May 27 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s early voting for local elections and parliamentary by-elections, kicked off today, to elect mayors, governors and local council members, as well as, seven lawmakers. The advance voting will last from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time today and tomorrow, at 3,551 polling…

Vietnam Int’l Milk, Dairy Expo To Be Held In Hanoi

HANOI, May 27 (NNN-VNA) – An international milk and dairy fair will be held in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, from May 31 to June 4, according to its organisers. The third Vietnam International Milk and Dairy Products Exhibition (Vietnam Dairy 2022), will feature 200 booths for 150 domestic and 50…

Ex-Japanese Farm Minister Convicted For Taking Bribes From Egg Producer

TOKYO, May 27 (NNN-NHK) – A former Japanese farm minister was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, for accepting bribes from an egg production company, while in office. The former farm minister, Takamori Yoshikawa’s sentence was suspended for four years, the Tokyo District Court ruled. The court…