Japan Self-Defence Force Jet Disappears From Radar: Media

TOKYO, May 14 (NNN-NHK) – A Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) training jet, reportedly disappeared from radar, while flying near Inuyama City, in Aichi Prefecture today, local media cited multiple sources within the Ministry of Defence, as saying. Local fire departments reported receiving emergency calls shortly after 3.00 p.m. local…

Afghan Interim Gov’t Delegation Leaves Kabul For Russia

KABUL, May 14 (NNN-BNA) – The Afghan interim government’s high-ranking delegation, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, the Deputy Prime Minister on Economic Affairs, left Kabul for Russia today, to attend the 16th Kazan Economic Forum, the state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) reported. The forum aimed at…

Cambodian PM Reiterates Ban On Investment In E-Cigarette Production

PHNOM PENH, May 14 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said yesterday that, no investment in e-cigarette production would be licensed in the country. He made the remarks, during a meeting with Barros Figueira Miguel, president of the Association of Tobacco Industry in Cambodia, at the Peace Palace, in…

Child Dies Of Measles In Mongolia’s Capital

ULAN BATOR, May 14 (NNN-APA) – A four-month-old baby died from measles in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, yesterday, according to the country’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD). The child was admitted to the centre on Monday, in critical condition, but succumbed to the disease yesterday, despite medical…

Brunei Customs Seizes Illegal Cigarettes, Alcohol In Operation

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 14 (NNN-ANN) – The Royal Brunei Customs and Excise department, has confiscated 1,050 cartons of cigarettes, 10 cans of alcohol and found 1,752 Brunei dollars (1,343.46 U.S. dollars) in cash, during an operation at a national housing scheme area, in Lambak Kanan, near the capital. Three…

Nissan To Shut Plants, Cut 20,000 Jobs Globally By FY 2027

TOKYO, May 14 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Nissan Motor Co., announced yesterday that, it will consolidate or shut down seven of its manufacturing plants worldwide, and reduce its global workforce by 20,000 employees, by fiscal year 2027. The company also said, it would withhold its profit forecast for fiscal year ending…

Two Dead After Being Swept Out To Sea From South Australian Beach

CANBERRA, May 14 (NNN-AAP) – Authorities in South Australia (SA) have recovered the bodies of two women, who were swept out to sea while fishing, yesterday. SA Police said that, emergency services were called to a beach near the town of Streaky Bay, almost 500 km north-west of Adelaide, yesterday,…

Death Toll In India’s Hooch Tragedy Rises To 21

NEW DELHI, May 14 (NNN-PTI) – At least 21 people died and 10 others were hospitalised, after consuming spurious liquor in the northern Indian state of Punjab, police said. According to police, nine people, including the supplier and alleged kingpin, have been detained in connection with the sale of spurious…

Forest Fire Destroys 7,300 Hectares Of Land In Eastern Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, May 14 (NNN-APA) – A forest fire has devastated at least 7,300 hectares of land, in the eastern Mongolian province of Khentii, according to the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday. The forest fire, which erupted in Norovlin Soum (administrative subdivision), was fully extinguished by yesterday afternoon,…

Islamic Jihad Launches Rockets At Israeli Cities In Response To Gaza Hospital Strikes

GAZA, May 14 (NNN-WAFA) – The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, announced yesterday, it had launched rocket attacks on Israeli cities, in response to Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza European Hospital, in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. “We attacked Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot and…