Counting Of Votes In India Elections Begins, Results Expected By Evening

NEW DELHI, Jun 4 (NNN-PTI) – Counting of votes began in India today, after polling for the general elections was held in seven phases from Apr 19 to Jun 1, confirmed an official with the Election Commission of India (ECI). Final results are expected to be announced late this evening…

Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Tokyo’s Narita Airport

TOKYO, Jun 4 (NNN-NHK) – A cargo plane announced an emergency landing, seconds after its takeoff from Tokyo’s Narita Airport, this morning. Live footage showed the plane’s right engine caught fire. According to the airport, the plane is scheduled to land at around 11:20 a.m. local time. There were no…

UN Experts Urge All Countries To Recognise Palestinian State

GENEVA, Jun 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Over 20 experts and special rapporteurs of the United Nations (UN), called yesterday, for all countries to recognise a Palestinian state. In their statement, the experts and special rapporteurs emphasised that, all states should follow the example set by over 140 UN member states, in…

Two U.S. Restaurants Attacked In Iraqi Capital

BAGHDAD, Jun 4 (NNN-NINA) – Dozens of protesters, last night, stormed two American restaurants in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, causing damages, a security source said. Angry protesters broke into a KFC restaurant on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, before being dispersed by security forces, who fired bullets into the air,…

Yemen’s Houthis claim launching missiles at southern Israeli port city

SANAA, Jun 4 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis, yesterday said, they launched a ballistic missile attack on southern Israel’s port city of Eilat, the group’s Military Spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said in a statement. The missile forces of the Houthis targeted a military site in Eilat, with a new self-made missile called…

Türkiye’s Annual Inflation Exceeded 75 Percent In May

ANKARA, Jun 4 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye’s annual inflation rate rose to 75.45 percent in May, the highest since Nov, 2022, reaching the peak expected by the government and economists, according to official data released, yesterday. Consumer prices rose by 3.37 percent in May, compared to an increase of 3.18 percent…

Pakistan’s Inflation Dropped To 11.8 Percent In May, Lowest In 30 Months

ISLAMABAD, Jun 4 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s consumer price index (CPI), increased by 11.8 percent in May, compared to the same month last year, marking the lowest inflation rate in 30 months, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), yesterday. The notable drop in the CPI was…

India Recorded 56 Heat Wave Deaths, Nearly 25,000 Heat Stroke Cases In Last Three Months

NEW DELHI, Jun 4 (NNN-PTI) – At least 56 people were killed and nearly 25,000 suspected heat stroke cases recorded, in the last three months in India, a local media report, quoting federal health ministry, said yesterday. “There were at least 56 confirmed heatstroke deaths across the country, from Mar…

Philippine Volcano Erupted, Spewed Five-Km High Plume Of Ash, Gas

MANILA, Jun 4 (NNN-PNA) – The Kanlaon volcano in central Philippines, erupted last night, spewing a column of ash and gas that rose to 5,000 metres, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. “The explosive eruption produced a voluminous and incandescent plume that rapidly rose to 5,000 metres above…

Egypt’s PM Tasked With Forming New Gov’t After Cabinet’s Resignation

CAIRO, Jun 4 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, instructed Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, to form a new government after the latter submitted his cabinet’s resignation yesterday, the Egyptian presidency announced in a statement. Madbouly has been assigned the task of forming a new government, with highly qualified, competent, and…