Thai Police Seize Large Piles Of War Weapons In Western Province

BANGKOK, June 25 (NNN-TNA) – Thai National police chief, Pol. Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda, confirmed that, a large pile of military weapons had been seized from a house, in Thailand’s western province of Tak, bordering Myanmar. The military weapons included 33 M16 and AK47 assault rifles, M79 grenade launchers, PK general-purpose…

China Donates Third Batch Of Medical Aid To Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, June 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – China, on Wednesday, donated its third batch of medical aid to Sri Lanka, to help the country fight the COVID-19 virus, which has to date infected over 2,000 people in the country and caused 11 deaths. The medical aid, including 30,000 PCR testing kits, 30,000…

China-Europe Freight Trains In Full Swing Despite Pandemic Gloom

XIAMEN, June 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – At the transport hub of China-Europe freight trains in the eastern Chinese city of Xiamen, several container trailers were being loaded with goods bound for Hamburg, Germany. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has shaken global economy and necessitated transportation restrictions, China-Europe freight trains in Xiamen…

Covid-19: Death toll nears half a million as cases surge in US, Latin America

WASHINGTON, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus cases are surgingacross large parts of the United States and in Latin America,according to experts and figures, highlighting how far the worldremains from stopping the pandemic as the global death toll nearedhalf a million on Wednesday. Six months into a crisis that has devastated…

Mongolia’s Ruling Party Wins Landslide Victory In Parliamentary Elections

ULAN BATOR, June 25 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – The ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), won a landslide victory in the regular parliamentary elections on Wednesday, according to preliminary results from Mongolia’s General Election Commission (GEC). Preliminary voting results showed the MPP took 62 seats out of 76 in parliament. Two coalitions, Right…

Indonesian peacekeeper killed in eastern DR Congo: UN

An Indonesian engineering unit and Tanzanian battalion from the UN Mission in DRC, MONUSCO, inspect a bridge in Beni BENI (DR Congo), June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Indonesian soldier with the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in DR Congo was killed, and a second was injured, in a militia attack late Monday…

India Reports Biggest Single Day Spike With 15,968 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, June 24 (NNN-PTI) – India’s health ministry this morning reported 465 new deaths and 15,968 new COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 14,476 and total cases to 456,183. This is the biggest single day spike in terms of…

Mongolia Starts Parliamentary Elections Amid Pandemic

ULAN BATOR, June 24 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolians go to the polls today (Wednesday), for the regular parliamentary elections, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The vote began from 7.00 a.m. local time (1500 GMT), and will last for 15 hours, at 2,070 polling stations across the country, according to the General Election…

Two Men Arrested In Australia Over Alleged People Smuggling Network

SYDNEY, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two men have been arrested in Australia, in relation to an alleged international people smuggling network, Australian Federal Police (AFP) revealed today. Police allege, the pair were involved in facilitating an illegal vessel, carrying six people, which was intercepted by Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) en-route…

Landslide Kills Two Jade Scavengers In Northern Myanmar

YANGON, June 24 (NNN-MNA) – At least two jade scavengers were killed and five others injured, in a landslide in Myanmar’s northernmost state of Kachin on Tuesday, a local official said. The landslide took place when a 91.4-metre-high slag heap collapsed at a jade mining site in Hpakant township, at…
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