Search Operation Resumes As 10 Missing In Landslide In West Java

JAKARTA, Mac 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – Rescuers continued the search operation today, for 10 people missing in a landslide in Indonesia’s West Java province on Sunday evening, said local disaster mitigation agency. In its earlier report, issued yesterday, West Bandung Disaster Mitigation Agency said, nine villagers had gone missing in the…

Malaysia’s Domestic Visitors Up 16.1 Percent On Year In Q4 2023

KUALA LUMPUR, Mac 26 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Domestic tourism in Malaysia recorded 54.3 million visitors, in the fourth quarter 2023, up 16.1 percent, as compared to the same quarter of the previous year, official data showed, today. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that, for quarter-on-quarter comparison,…

Iron-Smelting Plant Opened In Kabul

KABUL, Mac 26 (NNN-ANA) – An iron-smelting plant has been opened in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, as part of efforts to get the war-torn country towards achieving self-sufficiency, local television TOLOnews reported, yesterday. “Opening of the iron-smelting factory is important for the economic growth and development of the country,”…

Six Drug Smugglers Detained In Afghanistan

KABUL, Mac 26 (NNN-ANA) – Police have detained one drug smuggler and seized illegal drugs in east Afghanistan’s Laghman province, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said, yesterday. The suspect was attempting to take 120 kg of hashish from Laghman to an unknown area. In the meantime, police have apprehended five…

Indonesia’s Ibu Volcano Erupted Again

JAKARTA, Mac 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – Ibu volcano, on Halmahera Island, in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku, erupted yesterday for about three minutes, throwing ash up to 2,500 metres above its peak, according to the country’s Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation. “The ash column was observed to…

Bushfire “Contained But Not Controlled” After Properties Destroyed In Western Australia

SYDNEY, Mac 26 (NNN-AAP) – Authorities said today that, the emergency level of a major bushfire in Western Australia (WA) has been downgraded, after eight properties were damaged, while the blaze is “contained but not controlled.” “It is not yet safe to return. Firefighting crews are actively working in the…

Police Destroy More Poppy Farms In North Afghanistan

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Mac 26 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan counter-narcotics police, have smashed poppy farms on 200 acres of land in north Afghanistan’s Balkh province, over the past two months, provincial police chief, Abdul Razaq Rashed, said yesterday. During the operations, 200 acres of poppy farms have been destroyed, the officer said,…

26 Hospitalised After Consuming Japan Drug-maker’s Dietary Supplements

TOKYO, Mac 26 (NNN-NHK) – The number of people hospitalised has risen to 26, over health damage, after ingesting a dietary supplement product, produced by Japanese drug-maker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, containing “beni-koji,” or red yeast rice, the company said, yesterday. The Osaka-based pharmaceutical giant reported six hospitalised cases of kidney damage…

China Calls For Implementation Of Security Council Resolution On Gaza Cease-Fire

UNITED NATIONS, Mac 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Chinese envoy at the UN, yesterday, called for the implementation of the just-adopted Security Council resolution, that demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan. Nearly six months after the outbreak of the conflict, over 32,000 Palestinian civilians have…

Iraq, Lebanon Welcome UN Security Council Resolution On Gaza Ceasefire

BAGHDAD/BEIRUT, Mac 26 (NNN-NINA/NNA) – Iraq and Lebanon welcomed yesterday, the newly adopted UN Security Council resolution, that demands an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry welcomed the UN decision and called on all parties to…