Brunei Launches 5G Pilot Project To Further Digital Economy

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Apr 5 (NNN-BBNEWS) – The Brunei government launched a 5G Pilot Project in the capital, to support strategic objectives and priorities, under the Digital Economy Masterplan 2025. According to a local daily yesterday, the 5G pilot project is commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Info-communications, and…

Eight Dead In Yacht Capsize In Lake Near Lao Capital

VIENTIANE, Apr 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – A yacht capsized in Nam Ngum Lake, near the Lao capital, Vientiane, yesterday, causing eight deaths, the state-run Lao News Agency (KPL) reported. The yacht, carrying 39 people on board, overturned at around 9:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) yesterday, when caught by a sudden…

Terrorist Killed By Security Forces In NW Pakistan: Army

ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani security forces killed a Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist, during an exchange of fire in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said yesterday. The statement said that security forces conducted an operation in the Dewagar area of North Waziristan district in the…

Judge, His Three Family Members Killed By Gunmen In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 (NNN-APP) – An anti-terrorism court judge, his wife and two children were killed, as some unknown gunmen sprayed bullets at his vehicle, in Swabi district of Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday, police sources said. The judge was on his way to the national capital, Islamabad, when…

Death Toll Of Indonesia’s Flash Floods Revised To 41

JAKARTA, Apr 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll of the flash floods in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara, stood at 41 yesterday, with 27 people still missing, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said, at a press conference last night. Spokesman of Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Raditya…

Airstrikes Kill Over 80 Militants In Southern Afghan Province

KANDAHAR, Apr 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 82 militants have been confirmed dead, as warplanes pounded Taliban hideouts and positions in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, the former stronghold of the armed group, provincial police spokesman, Jamal Barikzai, said. The sorties began last night, in parts of the restive Arghandab district…

20 killed, Five missing as flash floods, landslides hit central Indonesia

JAKARTA, Apr 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – At least 20 people were killed, nine others injured and five went missing, as flash floods and landslides struck East Nusa Tenggara province, in central parts of Indonesia, earlier today, the National Disaster Management Agency, said. The natural disaster took place in Flores Timur district,…

Jordan’s Army Says Prince Hamza Not Arrested, But Asked To Stop Activities

AMMAN, Apr 4 (NNN-PETRA) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordan’s army, Yousef Huneiti, yesterday denied reports that Prince Hamza bin al-Hussein had been detained and said, the prince has been asked to cease all activities used to target the “country’s security and stability.” The move is…

Five People Killed In House Collapse In Bangkok

BANGKOK, Apr 4 (NNN-TNA) – Five people were killed, due to a blaze and collapse of a three-story house in Bangkok, yesterday. A firefighter, three rescue workers and a resident of the gutted house were killed at the scene, and six others were seriously injured, according to Bangkok Governor, Aswin…

5.9 Magnitude Quake Hits Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Apr 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.9 magnitude quake jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku, early today, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake struck at 1:42 a.m. Sunday, Jakarta Time (1842 GMT Saturday), with the epicentre at 163 km south of Ambon, the capital of the province, and…
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