Pakistan Reported Sharp Decline In Polio Cases Last Year

ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported a sharp decline in polio cases last year, due to sustained vaccination campaigns and improved disease surveillance, health authorities said. Official data showed polio cases fell from 74 in 2024, to 30 in 2025, with no new cases reported nationwide since Sept. Six…

Near record number of small boat migrants reach UK in 2025

LONDON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The second-highest annual number of migrants arrived on UK shores in small boats since records were started in 2018, the government was to confirm Thursday. The tally comes as Brexit firebrand Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration party Reform UK surges in popularity ahead of bellwether local elections…

Finland seizes vessel after new cable damage in Gulf of Finland

HELSINKI, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Finnish police said they had seized a vessel suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable that runs between Helsinki and Tallinn in the Gulf of Finland several hours earlier. The Finnish coast guard identified the vessel as the Fitburg, a 132-meter-long cargo ship bearing a flag…

Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025

PARIS, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Central Asia, the Sahel region and northern Europe experienced their hottest year on record in 2025, according to data from the European Copernicus programme. Globally, the last 12 months are expected to be the third hottest ever recorded after 2024 and 2023, according to the…

128 journalists killed worldwide in 2025: press group

BRUSSELS, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A total of 128 journalists were killed around the world in 2025, more than half of them in the Middle East, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Thursday. The grim toll, up from 2024, “is not just a statistic, it’s a global red alert…

5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Off Japan’s Iwate Prefecture

TOKYO, Jan 1 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7, struck, off Iwate Prefecture, in northern Japan yesterday, the country’s weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 11:27 p.m. local time, off Iwate’s eastern coast, at a depth of about 30 kilometres, measuring 4 on Japan’s seismic…

One Dead, One Missing In Separate Incidents At Eastern Sydney Beaches

SYDNEY, Jan 1 (NNN-AAP) – A woman has drowned and a man has gone missing, while swimming in separate incidents at Sydney beaches, in the early hours of this morning. A police statement said that, emergency services were called to reports that a person had been swept out into the…

Türkiye Grants Visa-Free Entry To Chinese Tourists

ANKARA, Jan 1 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye has granted visa-free travel to Chinese citizens holding ordinary passports, for tourism and transit, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette, yesterday. Under the new regulations, signed by Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, Chinese travellers will be exempt from visa requirements for…

Indonesia Raises Alert Level For Mount Bur Ni Telong In Aceh

JAKARTA, Jan 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian authorities, have raised the alert level for Mount Bur Ni Telong volcano, in Aceh province, to Level III, the centre said yesterday. Lana Saria, the acting head of the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, said, seismic activity around Mount…

Over 600,000 Vulnerable Citizens In Afghanistan Received Financial Aid Last Year

KABUL, Jan 1 (NNN-BNA) – The Afghan government has provided financial and other forms of support, to more than 600,000 orphans, widows, and people with disabilities, across the country over the past year, Afghan government spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said, yesterday. A monthly allowance of 2,000 Afghanis has been allocated to…
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