U.S.-UK Strikes Hit Yemen’s Red Sea Port City Of Hodeidah: Houthi TV

SANAA, Jan 20 (NNN-SABA) – The Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported yesterday that the U.S. and the United Kingdom, launched airstrikes on Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, late last night. The Houthi-run television did not disclose the specific targets or other details. Meanwhile, in the early hours of today, the U.S.…

Japan’s Lunar Probe Not Generating Power Despite Moon Landing

TOKYO, Jan 20 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s national space agency, today confirmed its first moon landing, with the Small Lunar Landing Demonstrator (SLIM), but the spacecraft’s solar cells failed to generate electricity. The unmanned probe landed on the moon at 12:20 a.m. today local time, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)…

Xinhua Commentary: U.S. Invites Itself To The Middle East And Brings Destruction Along

BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – What if an uninvited “guest” comes and refuses to leave? Naturally, the host would get furious and try by all means to kick the uninvited guest out. This scenario parallels America’s current situation in Iraq. Despite the Iraqi prime minister’s repeated orders, to expel U.S.…

Japan’s Largest LDP Faction To Be Dissolved Amid Fund Scandal

TOKYO, Jan 20 (NNN-NHK) – The largest faction of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at the centre of the enduring slush fund scandal, has decided to dissolve itself, local media reported yesterday. The decision of the faction, formerly led by the late former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, or Seiwaken,…

Emergency Situation Declared For Flooding In Northern Australia

CANBERRA, Jan 19 (NNN-AAP) – An emergency situation has been declared and remote communities evacuated, in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT), amid flooding. NT Police yesterday, declared an emergency situation for the small towns of Pigeon Hole and Daguragu – both located approximately 550 kilometres south of Darwin, in the Australian…

Indonesia Allows Boeing 737 Max 9 Planes To Fly Again After Checks

JAKARTA, Jan 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – Three Boeing 737 Max 9 planes, belonging to Indonesia’s budget airline Lion Air, have been allowed to fly again, after having been temporarily grounded following the Alaska Airlines incident earlier this month. Transportation Ministry spokesperson, Adita Irawati, explained to local media here yesterday that, the…

Urgent: DPRK Conducts Test Of Underwater Nuclear Weapon System

PYONGYANG, Jan 19 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapon system, in the eastern waters, it was officially reported today. A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK, announced the move in a press statement. The test…

New Zealand Saw Record Annual Migrant Arrivals, Departures

WELLINGTON, Jan 19 (NNN-RNZ) – New Zealand saw 249,500 migrant arrivals and 122,100 migrant departures, in the one year to Nov, 2023, the highest on record for an annual period, the statistics department Stats NZ said, today. The migrant arrivals were up 135 percent and the migrant departures were up…

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),…