12 Feared Dead As Boat Capsized In India

NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (NNN-PTI) – At least 12 people, including children and teachers of a private school, are feared dead, after a boat carrying them for a joyride, capsized in a lake, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said. The boat overturned in Harani Motnath Lake of…

Bangladesh Confirms Presence Of JN.1 Variant Of COVID-19

DHAKA, Jan 19 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government, yesterday confirmed the presence of a new corona virus subvariant JN.1, in the country. “The JN.1 strain was found in five COVID-19 patients, who don’t have any travel history,” Tahmina Shireen, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR),…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Responsibility For New Missile Attack On U.S. Ship

SANAA, Jan 19 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi group, today, claimed responsibility for carrying out a missile attack on a U.S. ship, in the Gulf of Aden. “The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthis), carried out an attack targeting a U.S. ship (Chem Ranger), in the Gulf of Aden,…

Chinese House Appliance Company Builds New Factory In Egypt

CAIRO, Jan 19 (NNN-MENA) – Chinese company, Vanward, yesterday started the construction of a new factory in Egypt, to manufacture household appliances and heat exchangers. The factory is built on an area of 26,000 square metres, in the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, within the Sokhna Industrial…

6.4-Magnitude Quake Hit Tonga

SUVA, Jan 19 (NNN-PINA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4, jolted 125 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga, at 11:12 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 218.1 km, was determined to…

10 Pakistanis Killed In Pakistan’s Strikes On Iranian Border Village: Official

TEHRAN, Jan 19 (NNN-IRNA) – An Iranian provincial official said yesterday, 10 Pakistanis were killed, in strikes by Pakistan’s army, on Iran’s south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. While elaborating on the details of the strikes earlier in the day, that targeted a border village near Iran’s Saravan County, Sistan…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Rises To 24,620: Ministry

GAZA, Jan 19 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 24,620, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said, yesterday. The ministry said in a press statement that, the regime’s army killed 172 Palestinians and wounded 326 others, during the past 24…

Israel To Maintain Security Control Over Gaza After Conflict: PM

JERUSALEM, Jan 19 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday, his regime will maintain security control over Gaza, after the ongoing conflict with Hamas ends. Israel will have “complete security control and control of whatever entres Gaza,” Netanyahu told a press conference in Tel Aviv. He said that,…

Singapore Transport Minister Resigns, Faces 27 Charges, Including Corruption

SINGAPORE, Jan 18 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s former Transport Minister, S. Iswaran, was charged with 27 offenses in court today, according to local media reports. Iswaran was charged with corruption, obtaining items from someone he had business dealings with, as a public servant, and obstructing the course of justice, said the…

Fireworks Factory Explosion Killed Almost Two Dozen People In Thailand

BANGKOK, Jan 18 (NNN-TNA) – A fireworks factory explosion, in Thailand’s central Suphan Buri province, killed almost two dozen people yesterday, local media reported. Local newspapers, Thairath and Khaosod, both reported that at least 23 people were killed. Local media published pictures showing black smoke at the scene near some…