Philippines Urges Filipinos In Israel, Iran To Leave As Conflict Escalates

MANILA, Jun 21 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), yesterday said, it raised the alert level in Israel and Iran and urged Filipinos in the two countries to come back immediately as conflict escalates. “The DFA has raised the alert levels in both Israel and Iran to…

Two Australian Teenagers Charged Over Fire Extinguisher Attack

SYDNEY, Jun 21 (NNN-AAP) – Police in the Australian state of Queensland, charged two teenagers over an attack with a fire extinguisher, that injured an infant. The Queensland Police Service (QPS), said today that, two boys aged 15 and 14 have been arrested and charged, following an extensive investigation into…

Two Men Arrested Over Separate Attempts To Import Cocaine Into Sydney

SYDNEY, Jun 21 (NNN-AAP) – Two men are facing life imprisonment, after being charged by Australian authorities, over separate attempts to import cocaine into Sydney. The Australian Federal Police (AFP), said in a statement today that, a 40-year-old man from inner-Sydney was arrested yesterday, after allegedly attempting to possess 30…

Kabul Municipality To Complete 258 Development Projects

KABUL, Jun 21 (NNN-BNA) – Kabul Municipality will complete 258 development projects within a year, spokesman for the entity, Nematullah Barikzai, said today. “For the year 1404 (in the Persian calendar, commencing from Mar 21, 2025, and ending on Mar 20, 2026), Kabul Municipality plans to complete 258 development projects,…

Cambodia Recorded 2.95 Million Int’l Tourists In Jan-May Period

PHNOM PENH, Jun 21 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia attracted a total of 2.95 million international tourists in the first five months of this year, up 11.7 percent from 2.64 million in the same period last year, Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said here yesterday. “This truly shows their confidence in Cambodia’s peace,…

Pakistan Confirms 12th Polio Case Of The Year

ISLAMABAD, Jun 21 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan, yesterday confirmed its 12th case of wild poliovirus this year, after the virus was detected in a child from the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Ministry of National Health Services, said. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health…

Indonesia Restores Degraded Forests In Tesso Nilo National Park

JAKARTA, Jun 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian government has intensified the restoration of 40,000 hectares of land, which is part of a national park in Riau Province, following degradation caused by illegal human activities, a senior official said. Efforts to restore the condition of Tesso Nilo National Park, which covers…

IAEA Warns Of Severe Consequences If Iran’s Bushehr Plant Is Attacked

VIENNA, Jun 21 (NNN-APA) – The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is the Iranian nuclear site where the consequences of an attack could be most severe, the United Nations nuclear watchdog chief warned, yesterday. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), made the remarks during a UN…

Turkish President, Armenian PM Held Talks On Bilateral Ties, Regional Developments

ISTANBUL, Jun 21 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, met in Istanbul yesterday, to discuss the normalisation process of bilateral ties between Türkiye and Armenia, as well as, broader regional developments. The meeting marked a rare high-level encounter between the two countries, which…

Arab FMs Convened Emergency Meeting In Istanbul Over Iran-Israel Conflict

ISTANBUL, Jun 21 (NNN-TRT) – Arab League foreign ministers, held an emergency meeting in Istanbul yesterday, to address rising tensions between Iran and Israel, Türkiye’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Citing diplomatic sources, Anadolu said, the talks focused on the consequences of the recent hostilities and their potential impact on regional…