Indonesia’s Mount Ibu Erupts Again

JAKARTA, Jun 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Mount Ibu on Halmahera Island, in Indonesia’s North Maluku province, erupted again yesterday, throwing thick black volcanic ash over its peak, as high as 7,000 metres, according to the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation. “The eruption happened at 12:45 p.m. local time, yesterday,…

Urgent: 5.9-Magnitude Quake Rocked Japan’s Noto Region

TOKYO, Jun 3 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, jolted off Japan’s Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture early today, the country’s weather agency said. No tsunami warning was issued by the authorities. On Jan 1, a series of strong quakes of up to 7.6 magnitude rattled…

UNRWA: Gaza Needs Sufficient Food Aid To Avoid Famine

CAIRO, Jun 3 (NNN-MENA) – An official from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza, said yesterday that, people in the besieged Palestinian enclave need sufficient food aid to avoid famine. “There is no safe zone in the enclave, and…

Palestinian Leadership Urges Israel To Withdraw From Gaza, Open Crossings

RAMALLAH, Jun 2 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian leadership, emphasised yesterday, the necessity for the Israeli army to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and to open and hand over all border crossings of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority. In a statement, the leadership said that, opening and handing over the crossings…

Yemen’s Houthis Launched 2nd Strike On U.S. Aircraft Carrier In Less Than 24 Hours

SANAA, Jun 2 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis said last night, they had launched fresh attacks on the U.S. aircraft carrier Eisenhower, another U.S. warship and four commercial cargo vessels in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea. That marked the group’s second strike against Eisenhower in less than 24 hours, Houthi…

Six Members Of Extremist Organisation Detained In Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, Jun 2 (NNN-KNA) – Six members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir religious extremist organisation, have been detained in southern Kyrgyzstan, the press service of the country’s State Committee for National Security said, yesterday. Six adherents of the banned organisation, who actively advocated for extremist ideology, were detained in the Suzak…

Eight Killed, Five Missing In Boat Accident In E. Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jun 2 (NNN-ANA) – At least eight people were killed and five others went missing, after a boat carrying 26 people capsized in a river, in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a local official confirmed yesterday. The accident occurred yesterday morning, when the boat sank, during a river crossing…

Exit Polls Predict Ruling Bloc’s Win In India’s Elections

NEW DELHI, Jun 2 (NNN-PTI) – Exit polls, released by private survey agencies, predicted a victory for India’s ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, yesterday, when the seven-phase voting process ended. With a caution that “exit polls do not always get it right,” the NDTV…

Feature: Young Innovators Showcase Robotic Skills At Myanmar’s World Robot Contest

by Kyaw Zin Tun YANGON, Jun 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Young innovators from across Myanmar gathered to showcase their robotic skills, at the nation’s inaugural World Robot Contest, held at the National Theatre in Yangon, yesterday. Among them was Hazel Shin Hmuu Tin, a 10-year-old enthusiast, who expressed her excitement, saying,…

Bangladesh Distributes Vitamin A-Plus Capsules To Around 22 Million Children

DHAKA, Jun 2 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh, yesterday, launched a countrywide campaign to distribute Vitamin A-plus capsules to around 22 million children between six months and five years old. A total of 240,000 volunteers and 40,000 health workers have been deployed to 120,000 permanent and makeshift centres across the country for…