Nearly 60 Hospitalised After Food Poisoning In Southern Myanmar

YANGON, Jul 10 (NNN-MNA) – Nearly 60 people in Kyauk Yay Twin village, located in Bilin town of Mon state, were hospitalised, due to food poisoning, a local administrator said, yesterday. The first 13 individuals began experiencing vomiting after consuming chicken biryani and mango pickles, at a wedding ceremony on…

Indian Authorities Suspended Six Officials For Stampede That Killed 121

NEW DELHI, Jul 10 (NNN-PTI) – Local government in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, yesterday, suspended six officials, for a stampede that killed 121 people last week. The officials, which include police personnel and district officials, were put under suspension, after the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the…

23 Confirmed Dead, 35 Missing As Indonesia Intensifies Search Efforts For Landslide Victims

JAKARTA, Jul 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia yesterday, nearly doubled the number of rescuers, and deployed heavy machinery and a helicopter, to search for victims of landslides and flash floods in Bone Bolango regency of Gorontalo province, according to a senior rescuer. Bagus Asrama, head of the operational unit of the…

Sri Lanka Coast Guard Arrested Five For Smuggling Exotic Wildlife

COLOMBO, Jul 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Officers from the Sri Lanka Coast Guard, arrested five people involved in smuggling bird and reptile species, aboard a local multi-day fishing trawler, the navy said in a statement, yesterday. The navy said, the suspects were arrested during an operation in the country’s southern waters,…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Attacks On Three U.S., Israeli Ships

SANAA, Jul 10 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis, yesterday said, they have attacked three ships owned by the United States and Israel, in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The targeted ships were “Maersk Sentosa, Marthopolis, and MSC Patnaree,” said Yahya Sarea, the Houthi spokesman, in a televised statement…

UN Says Displacement Of Gazans Under Israeli Evacuation Orders “Dangerously Chaotic”

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN humanitarians describe as “dangerously chaotic,” confusing Israeli evacuation orders to Gazans, which is causing the displacement of tens of thousands of people, a UN spokesman said, yesterday. “Our colleagues from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) describe the displacement of…

Mongolian Parliament Approves Law On Gov’t Structure

ULAN BATOR, Jul 10 (NNN-APA) – The Mongolian parliament, also known as the State Great Khural, approved a law, outlining the structure and composition of the new coalition government, early today. According to the law, the new government comprises a prime minister, 22 ministers, and 16 ministries. On Monday, the…

Brunei Sees Steady Decrease In Road Accident

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jul 10 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei saw a steady decrease in road accidents from 2020 to 2023, local media reported, today. There were 1,986 traffic accidents and 14 fatalities in Brunei in 2023, 2,131 incidents and 20 deaths in 2022, 3,104 road accidents with 16 fatalities in 2021,…

Over 20 Percent Of Australians Committed Sexual Violence In Adulthood: Gov’t Report

CANBERRA, Jul 10 (NNN-AAP) – Over 20 percent of Australians have committed an act of sexual violence in adulthood, a government report found. The report, which was released by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), today, found that, 22.1 percent of 5,000 Australians aged 18-45, who participated in an AIC…

Hezbollah Rockets Kill Two In Golan Heights

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Jul 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two people were killed in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights yesterday, by rocket barrages, launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli sources said. “Approximately 40 projectiles crossed from Lebanon into the area of the central Golan Heights,” the Israel Defence Forces said in a statement. “Several projectiles…