Iran Undecided On Participation In 6th Round Of Talks With U.S.: Foreign Ministry

TEHRAN, Jun 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, said yesterday that, the country has not yet decided whether to take part in the sixth round of indirect talks with the United States scheduled to be held in Oman today. In an interview with state-run IRIB TV, Baghaei…

India’s Civil Aviation Ministry Forms Another Panel To Probe Plane Crash, Asked To Submit Report In Three Months

NEW DELHI, Jun 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal civil aviation minister, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, yesterday said, keeping in view the utmost seriousness of the incident, another high-level committee has been formed, to probe the deadly plane crash in the western state of Gujarat. The committee, according to Kinjarapu, will…

S. Korean President Gives Order To Prevent, Punish Flying Anti-DPRK Leaflets

SEOUL, Jun 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean President, Lee Jae-myung, gave an order to prevent and punish flying balloons that carry leaflets criticising the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Lee’s office said, yesterday. It was confirmed that a civic group scattered leaflets through balloons, across the inter-Korean border into…

60 Murdered In Israeli Airstrike On Residential Building In Iranian Capital: State TV

TEHRAN, Jun 15 (NNN-IRNA) – At least 60 people, including 20 children, were murdered, in a Zionist Israeli airstrike on a 14-story building, in a residential complex in the Iranian capital, Tehran on Friday, state-run IRIB TV reported, yesterday. The residential complex, named Martyr Chamran, is located north-east of Tehran,…

Pakistan Advises Citizens To Avoid Travelling To Iran, Iraq Amid Rising Tensions

ISLAMABAD, Jun 14 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan, yesterday, advised its citizens to avoid non-essential travels to Iran and Iraq, amid heightened regional tensions, following the Israeli airstrikes on Iranian territory. “In view of the evolving security situation in the region, pilgrims from Pakistan are advised to reconsider their travel plans to…

Death Toll Rises To 274 In Air India Plane Crash: Media

NEW DELHI, Jun 14 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll from Thursday’s Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat has risen to 274, with 33 on-ground deaths having been confirmed, The Times of India daily reported, today. The casualty count increasing beyond the 241 passengers and crew confirmed dead…

Woman found dead after house fire in Sydney

SYDNEY, Jun 14 (NNN-AAP) – A woman has died and a man has been hospitalised, after a house fire last night, in Sydney, in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW). The NSW Police said in a statement today that, emergency services were deployed to the fire at a terrace…

Cambodia To File Complaint With UN Court Over Border Disputes With Thailand: PM

PHNOM PENH, Jun 14 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia will file a complaint tomorrow, with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, over four disputed border areas with Thailand, Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said, last night. He said, the four sensitive border areas are…

Philippines Buys 12 FA-50 Light Combat Aircraft From S. Korea

MANILA, Jun 14 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of National Defence (DND), today, confirmed the acquisition of 12 FA-50 Block 70 light combat aircraft from Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI) of South Korea, as part of the modernisation programme of the country’s Armed Forces. The contract, worth over 700 million…

Kazakhstan Discovers 38 Promising Mineral Deposits In Q1 2025

ASTANA, Jun 14 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan has intensified its geological exploration efforts, identifying 38 promising deposits of copper, nickel, coal, gold, and rare earth metals, in the first quarter of 2025, the country’s Kazinform news agency reported, yesterday. According to the report, Kazakhstan’s geological and geophysical surveys are projected to…