Japan To Launch New Strategic Headquarters To Revive Regional Economies

TOKYO, Nov 9 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government is preparing to establish a new strategic headquarters, led by Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, to promote regional economic revitalisation, local media reported. The body will formulate concrete measures, to attract investment, foster industrial clusters, and encourage population migration to local areas. In…

Urgent: Three Missing After Fishing Boat Capsized Off Island In South-Western S. Korea

SEOUL, Nov 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – Three people went missing, after a fishing boat capsized, in waters off Gageo Island, about 420 km south-west of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, it was reported today.– NNN-YONHAP  

China, Russia, Mongolia Sign Tea Road Tourism Plan

ULAN BATOR, Nov 9 (NNN-APA) – The China-Russia-Mongolia Tea Road Tourism Cooperation and Development Plan for 2025-2026, has been signed in the northern Mongolian city of Darkhan. The plan was signed yesterday, during the 9th tourism ministerial conference of China, Russia, and Mongolia, with the aim of deepening trilateral exchanges…

Sri Lanka Identifies High-Crime Zones, Steps Up Law Enforcement Measures

COLOMBO, Nov 9 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lankan authorities have identified six police divisions in the Western and Southern Provinces, as high-crime zones, a senior government minister told parliament, yesterday. Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala, said, the government has launched several measures to curb criminal activity in…

One Killed, One Injured In Attacks Across Gaza As Death Toll Since Oct 2023, Tops 69,000

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 9 (NNN-WAFA/MA’AN) – A Palestinian civilian was murdered, and another wounded, in two Israeli attacks across Gaza yesterday, according to Palestinian sources. In the first attack, the marauding Zionist Israeli tanks, fired shells and opened heavy machine-gun fire towards Palestinians, east of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza,…

Lebanon’s Normalisation With Israel Impossible: Parliament Speaker

BEIRUT, Nov 9 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Parliament Speaker, Nabih Berri, said yesterday that, “normalisation with Israel is out of the question.” All the relevant parties, including Lebanon, Israel, the United States, France, and the UN, should be included in indirect talks, Berri told Lebanese Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. “There is no…

Egypt Unveils New Gas Discovery In Western Desert

CAIRO, Nov 9 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, announced yesterday, a new gas discovery in the country’s Western Desert. The discovery, made by Badr El Din Petroleum Company, at the Badr-15 area, through exploration well BED 15-31, came, amid Egypt’s continued efforts to gradually increase domestic…

Delhi’s Air Quality Continues In Red Zone

NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (NNN-PTI) – Air pollution continued to give adverse health issues to the people living in Delhi, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the red zone. The 24-hour average AQI reported at 4:00 p.m. local time yesterday, stood at 361, thus placing Delhi in the…

5.6-Magnitude Quake Hit 125 Km East Of Yamada, Japan – USGS

TOKYO, Nov 9 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.6, jolted 125 km east of Yamada, Japan, at 2215 GMT, last night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 19.2 km, was initially determined to be at 39.49 degrees north latitude, and 143.40 degrees…

Indian Intelligence Warns Of New Alliance Between Dawood Syndicate, LTTE Remnants

NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (NNN-PTI) – Indian intelligence agencies, warned of a new alliance between a crime syndicate named Dawood Ibrahim syndicate, and remnants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a former Sri Lankan rebel group, Indian media outlet, Diya TV, reported. The crime syndicate is allegedly exploiting…