PNG Authorities Confirm Over 2,000 Buried Alive In Landslide

SYDNEY, May 27 (NNN-AAP) – The Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Disaster Centre (NDC), has confirmed that more than 2,000 people were buried alive after a massive landslide disaster occurred on Friday in Enga Province. Chief of Mission for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in the Pacific island country,…

Vietnam Earns 725 Million USD From Exporting Tra Fish In Five Months

HANOI, May 27 (NNN-VNA) — Vietnam earned an estimated 725 million U.S. dollars from shipping tra fish overseas, during the first five months of this year, up two percent, year-on-year, the General Department of Vietnam Customs, was quoted as saying. The country’s tra fish export has roared back to growth,…

Cyclone Remal Leaves Seven Dead In Bangladesh

DHAKA, May 27 (NNN-BSS) – At least seven people died in Bangladesh, due to the devastations of cyclone Remal, which lashed parts of the country with heavy rain and strong wind, last night. The deaths were reported from five southern and south-eastern Bangladeshi coastal districts. Apart from this, two people…

S. Korea’s Army Trainee Dies After Collapsing During Discipline Training

SEOUL, May 27 (NNN-YONHAP) – One trainee soldier of the South Korean army has died, two days after collapsing during a so-called discipline training, it was reported yesterday. Of the six recruits who underwent the discipline training, at an army unit in the country’s eastern Gangwon province, one fell down…

Cambodia’s Ruling Party Sweeps Most Votes In Local Council Elections

PHNOM PENH, May 27 (NNN-AKP) – The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), yesterday, won the most votes in the municipal, provincial, town and district council elections, for the fourth term, according to preliminary results released by the National Election Committee (NEC). Five political parties, namely the CPP, the Khmer Will…

40 More Palestinians Killed In Israeli Bombing On Camp In Rafah Overnight

GAZA, May 27 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 40 more Palestinian civilians were killed, including women and children, and some others injured last night, in Israel’s bombing of tents in north-western Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces fired about eight rockets towards the tents, in a newly…

Japan Likely To See Hotter Summer Than Usual: Weather Agency

TOKYO, May 27 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency said, higher-than-average temperatures are likely to hit nationwide from June through Aug. According to a three-month forecast, announced earlier this week, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) predicted a hot summer, due to warm and humid air flowing in Japan, from the edge…

Cyclone Remal Smashed Bangladesh, India Coastlines

DHAKA, May 27 (NNN-BSS) – Cyclone Remal smashed Bangladeshi and Indian coasts, last night, said a senior official of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Strong winds and storm surged along the coasts of southern Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal, after the storm came ashore at 8:00 p.m. local time, Md Shamim…

6.6-Magnitude Quake Hit Tonga

SUVA, May 27 (NNN-PINA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6, jolted 70 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga, at 09:47 local time today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualty or damage. The epicentre, with a depth of 112.2 km, was determined to…

Hamas Launches Rocket Attack On Central Israel, No Injury Reported

GAZA/JERUSALEM, May 27 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, announced yesterday that, it had launched a barrage of rockets towards Tel Aviv in central Israel, marking the first such attack in months. In a statement, the Al-Qassam Brigades said, it fired the rockets in response to…