Boat Carrying 10 Passengers Capsized Off Japan’s Fujisawa

TOKYO, Sept 22 (NNN-NHK) – A boat carrying about 10 people, yesterday capsized off the coast of Enoshima in Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture in Japan, local media reported. According to local authorities, the incident occurred at approximately 4:50 p.m. local time, around 200 metres offshore. With rescue operations underway, the…

Four Indian Border Guards Wounded During Exercise In Rajasthan

NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (NNN-PTI) – At least four border guards belonging to India’s paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) were wounded, after a mortar shell exploded during a training exercise in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, multiple local media reports said, yesterday. The 51mm mortar shell exploded during a…

Pakistan Reported Three More Polio Cases, Bringing Total To 21 This Year

ISLAMABAD, Sept 22 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported three new cases of polio, in the country’s Balochistan, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, bringing the total number of the disease-infected children to 21, since the beginning of this year, the health ministry said in a statement, yesterday. The Regional Reference Laboratory for…

Afghanistan Extracts 1,300 Tonnes Of Crude Oil Daily

KABUL, Sept 22 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan caretaker government’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, announced yesterday that, the country extracts 1,300 tonnes of crude oil in northern Sari Pul province daily. The process of extracting crude oil is ongoing from 21 wells at the outskirts of Qashqari, Angut, and Aaq…

ADB Approves 500 Million USD Loan To Support Indonesia’s Energy Transition

JAKARTA, Sept 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), has approved a 500- million U.S. dollar loan for Indonesia, to help the country accelerate its energy transition agenda, the bank’s official said, yesterday. ADB Country Director for Indonesia, Jiro Tominaga, said in a statement that, the loan would support…

Myanmar’s Flood Death Toll Rises To 384

YANGON, Sept 22 (NNN-MNA) – The death toll from Myanmar’s floods has risen to 384, with 89 people still missing, as of yesterday morning, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported, yesterday. The deaths included 164 from Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, 134 from Mandalay Region, 78 from…

India’s Opposition Party Leader Atishi Marlena Takes Oath As Delhi Chief Minister

NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (NNN-PTI) – India’s opposition Aam Aadmi Party leader, Atishi Marlena, yesterday, took oath as the new chief minister of Indian capital territory, Delhi. Atishi is the youngest leader to become Delhi’s chief minister. She held multiple portfolios in the previous Arvind Kejriwal government of Delhi. Her…

Iran Unveils Homegrown Missiles, Drones At Military Parade

TEHRAN, Sept 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, yesterday, unveiled its latest homegrown precision strike long-range ballistic missile and kamikaze drone, at a grand parade staged by the country’s armed forces, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The ballistic missile, dubbed Jahad, and the drone, named Shahed-136B, were displayed for the first…

Israeli Regime Launched New Wave Of Strikes In Lebanon

JERUSALEM, Sept 22 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli regime launched a new wave of airstrikes in Lebanon last night, targeting Hezbollah rocket launchers and other installations, according to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). “Dozens of Israeli Air Force aircraft are currently striking ‘terrorist targets’ and rocket launchers to remove the threat…

Yemen’s Houthis Hold Parade To Mark 10th Anniversary Of Sanaa Seizure

SANAA, Sept 22 (NNN-SABA) – Hundreds of followers of the Yemeni Houthis, took part in a parade yesterday, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the seizure of the capital, Sanaa. The event, organised by the Houthis, came, as the Yemen’s conflict enters its second decade, since the Houthis stormed Sanaa…