DPRK Test-Fires New Type Of Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

PYONGYANG, Oct 20 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) “successfully” conducted the test-firing of a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) yesterday, the official News Agency reported today. The report said, the test-launch was conducted by the DPRK’s Academy of Defence Science, yesterday morning. “The new…

Hamas Says Israeli Captives Only, To Be Exchanged For Palestinian Prisoners

GAZA, Oct 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas said, Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip will only be exchanged, for the release of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails. Hamas, which has been ruling the Gaza Strip, home for more than two million Palestinians, since 2007, said in a press statement that, Israel…

Australian Beaches Besieged By Vast Tide Of Plastics

SYDNEY, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Plastic waste makes up more than 80 percent of all rubbish found across Australian beaches, according to a study, based on one of the largest marine debris databases in the southern hemisphere. More than 2,000 organisations and 150,000 volunteer rubbish beachcombers, helped compile the Australian…

Floods Hit India’s Uttarakhand State, Five Dead

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today spoke to the northern state Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, over phone, on the situation in the hilly state, following incessant rains and floods over the past few days. According to media reports, at least five people…

Pakistan Records 603 New COVID-19 Cases, 1,265,650 In Total

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported 603 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said today. The overall tally of the infected people climbed to 1,265,650 across the country, said the NCOC, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic. Pakistan’s…

DPRK Fires What Seemed To Be Two Ballistic Missiles: Japanese Gov’t

TOKYO, Oct 19 (NNN-NHK) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) today fired what seemed to be two ballistic missiles, Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, confirmed, today. Kishida told reporters, during his visit to Fukushima city that, he felt very sorry about the continuous launches of ballistic missiles from…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 34,094,373

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,094,373 today, as 13,058 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed. The number of new COVID-19 cases registered in the past 24 hours is the lowest in…

New Zealand Reports 94 New Community Cases Of COVID-19 Delta Variant

WELLINGTON, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 94 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community today, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country’s community outbreak to 2,099. Eighty-seven of the new infections were recorded in the largest city Auckland, and seven in nearby Waikato,…

Indigenous Australians Missing In Outback Found Alive In “Absolute Miracle”

CANBERRA, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian police have been left stunned, after a pair of missing people survived several days in the Outback, without food or water. Shaun Emitja, 21, and Mahesh Patrick, 14, were reported missing by their families on Oct 11, after they failed to return to their…

S.Korea Says DPRK Fires Unidentified Projectile Into Eastern Waters

SEOUL, Oct 19 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired unidentified projectile into the eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), said today.– NNN-YONHAP