A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) destroyer ran aground in waters off the western prefecture of Yamaguchi, local media cited the Japan Coast Guard and the Ministry of Defence as saying on Tuesday. According to the reports, the Inazuma destroyer is leaking oil following the vessel apparently hitting some rocks on the seabed. The crew […]
Somali officials declared that Al-Shabaab jihadists seek negotiations amid mass offensives against them by the government. According to the country’s Deputy Defence Minister, talks are only possible with Somali militants but not with foreigners. The U.S. has donated $9 million worth of arms and military equipment to Somali government forces, local media has reported. U.S. […]
The Gambian authorities have filed charges against eight military personnel in connection with a failed coup attempt to oust President Adama Barrow in December 2022. Ebrima Sankareh, the government spokesperson, announced on Saturday. Sankareh said that the Gambian government had filed charges against eight military men with a two-count charge of “high treason and criminal […]
Afghan authorities have inaugurated a water canal in Dawlatabad district of the northern Balkh province to irrigate over 8,000 hectares of land. A provincial government official, Mohammad Ibrahim, announced this to journalists in Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan on Saturday. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) financed the canal project at a cost of 20 million afghanis $230,000. […]
Vietnamese Government said they sent more than 142,000 labourers abroad to work under contract last year. The country sent the labourers mostly to Japan, China’s Taiwan and South Korea, local media cited the country’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs as reporting on Friday. The number was three times that of 2021’s figure and […]
Over 200 million Twitter users’ names, e-mail addresses, screen names, number of followers and phone numbers have reportedly been stolen in a massive hack attack, with the data dump now posted on the dark web. The data breach, which took place as early as 2021, “will lead to more hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” according […]
The Moroccan navy rescued 270 Spain-bound migrants in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from Dec. 24, 2022 to Jan. 4, the official news agency, MAP reported on Thursday. The migrants were from sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen and Syria, the agency quoted a military source as saying. They have attempted dangerous crossings and encountered problems while boarding […]
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it rescues 1,088 migrants and returned them to Libya in the past week. “In the period between Dec. 25 and Dec. 31, 2022, 1,088 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya,” the IOM said in a statement. The rescued migrants included 312 women and 776 children, it added. […]
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Korea hit a record high last year. This is due to surging investment in the manufacturing industry, government data showed on Tuesday. The reported FDI grew 3.2 per cent over the year to 30.45 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, topping 30 billion dollars for the first time, according to […]
Following a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus at a farm in west Denmark, authorities say they will cull 50,000 chickens. The country’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries announced this in a press statement in Copenhagen on Monday. “Deadly and highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus infected the flock. “As a result, […]