Passenger Plane Damaged After Engine Ingested Container At New Delhi Airport

NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (NNN-PTI) – An engine of Air India’s new Airbus A350 was damaged yesterday, after it sucked in a cargo container, while it was taxiing, at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi, officials said. All the more than 300 passengers on board the plane are…

Sri Lanka To Enforce 6-Month Ban On Fishermen Violating Maritime Boundaries

COLOMBO, Jan 14 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, announced today that, fishermen who illegally cross foreign maritime boundaries or deliberately disable their Vessel’s Monitoring System units, will face a six-month fishing ban. The regulation, which takes effect on Feb 1, will apply to the skipper…

Death Toll Rises To 30 After Crane Collapse Derails Train In Thailand

BANGKOK, Jan 14 (NNN-TNA) – The death toll from a crane collapse that derailed a passenger train in northeastern Thailand, has risen to 30, authorities confirmed today. The number of injured has climbed to 67, said authorities.– NNN-TNA  

Death Toll In Philippine Landfill Landslide Rises To 13

MANILA, Jan 14 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from a landfill landslide in the central Philippine city of Cebu, climbed to 13, authorities said, last night. Officials from the Cebu City Fire Station said, the number of individuals rescued remained at 18, all of whom sustained injuries, when a portion…

Drones Hit Two Tankers Designated For Kazakh Oil In Black Sea

ALMATY, Jan 14 (NNN-KNA) – Two tankers, designated to load Kazakh oil, came under drone attacks yesterday, in the Black Sea, near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company, KazMunayGas (KMG), and the country’s Energy Ministry reported. One of the tankers, Matilda, chartered by KMG’s subsidiary…

Neo-Militarism Would Bring Total Destruction To Japan: DPRK Media

PYONGYANG, Jan 12 (NNN-KCNA) – Japan will face total destruction through neo-militarism, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea said yesterday, in a commentary. Since the start of the new year, Japan’s ultra-right ruling forces have posed a significant threat to regional and global security, according to the commentary. A “typical…

Eight Killed, Nine Injured In Cylinder Blast In Pakistan’s Capital

ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (NNN-APP) – At least eight people, including a newlywed couple, were killed, and nine others injured, in a gas cylinder explosion at a wedding house, in Pakistan’s federal capital, Islamabad, early today, local authorities said. The explosion occurred at around 2.00 a.m. local time, inside a residential…

Column: Japan’s Dangerous Return To Militarism, And Why We Must Remember Its Past

by Zhang Yuebin and Xu Shijia In recent years, Japan has been steadily rebuilding its military power and rewriting the rules that long restrained it. This shift hit a worrying new note when Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi implied Japan could intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait. To understand why…

7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Off Indonesia’s Talaud Islands

JAKARTA, Jan 11 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 7.1-magnitude earthquake, struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Talaud Islands, yesterday, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), reported. The quake occurred at 9:58 p.m. local time, with the epicentre located 52 km south-east of Melonguane, capital of the Talaud Islands Regency, in…

Myanmar Begins Second Phase Of General Election

YANGON, Jan 11 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar kicked off the second phase of its multi-party democratic general election this morning, with polling stations opening across 100 townships. Voting began at 6.00 a.m. local time, in areas scheduled for the second phase, which include a mix of urban and rural constituencies across…
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