Woes Loom Over Expo 2025 Osaka, With Only One Year To Go

TOKYO, Apr 14 (NNN-NHK) – With one year to go until the opening of the Osaka Expo, preparations for the event are gathering pace, despite the ballooning costs, but concerns linger over pavilion construction delays, transportation logistics and lack of public enthusiasm. The 2025 World Exposition in Osaka City, western…

11 Killed, Four Injured In Militants Highway Blockade In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Apr 14 (NNN-APP) – Eleven people were killed and four others injured, as militants killed passengers of several vehicles in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, officials said, yesterday. The incident happened at around 7:00 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) on Friday, when the militants hoisting flags of the banned outfit…

China’s Top Legislator Meets DPRK Top Leader

PYONGYANG, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Zhao Leji, chairman of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee, met with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) here, yesterday. Zhao, also a member of…

Two Killed In Clash Between Armed Groups In India’s Manipur

NEW DELHI, Apr 14 (NNN-PTI) – Two people were killed in a gunfight between two armed groups yesterday, in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur, police said. The gunfight broke out in an area at the border of Imphal East district and Kangpokpi district. Violent videos, purportedly of yesterday’s incident, widely…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Rises To 33,686: Ministry

GAZA, Apr 14 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 33,686, the Health Ministry said, yesterday. The Israeli army killed 52 Palestinians and wounded 95 others in the coastal enclave during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll…

China-Laos Railway’s Int’l Passenger Service Launched For One Year

KUNMING, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese and Lao railway authorities, yesterday, launched one more pair of trains for the China-Laos Railway’s international passenger service. The pair of trains run between Xishuangbanna of China and Luang Prabang of Laos, two popular tourist destinations, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.…

Iran Announces Launch Of Retaliatory Strikes On Israel

TEHRAN, Apr 14 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards has launched extensive strikes against targets in Israel, Iranian media reported, with Jordan and Iraq watching for rockets or drones flying through its airspace. Rockets and drones have reportedly entered Iraqi airspace en-route for Israel. Iran had repeatedly threatened to strike Israel in retaliation…

New Irish PM Says Getting ‘Much Closer’ To Recognising Palestinian State

DUBLIN, Apr 14 (NNN-MENA) – Ireland, Spain and other countries are getting “much closer” to recognising a Palestinian state, new Irish Prime Minister, Simon Harris, said on Friday, as he met Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez. The comments, following talks in Dublin, came hours after Norway announced, during a visit by Sanchez that,…

Urgent: Five Killed In Knife Attack At Sydney Shopping Centre: Police

SYDNEY, Apr 13 (NNN-AAP) – Five people were killed, in a knife attack at a shopping centre, in Australia’s Sydney today, however, the attacker was shot dead by police, the police said. Earlier, witnesses said a man was chasing and slashing people with a knife, before Westfield Bondi Junction was…

Israel Prepared For Iranian Retaliation In Coordination With U.S.: Military Chief

JERUSALEM, Apr 13 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s military chief, Herzi Halevi, said yesterday that, the army was prepared, in close coordination with the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), for a possible Iranian retaliatory attack. Israel was on high alert yesterday, as warnings increased of Iranian retaliation, following Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s embassy…