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Japan deploys destroyer to gather information after Chinese carrier group
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 5 (ANI): After China's carrier group was spotted passing the waterway between Okinawa and Miyako islands towards the Pacific on Saturday, Japan has sent destroyer JS Suzutsuki, a P-1 maritime patrol aircraft and a P-3C anti-submarine warfare patrol aircraft to gather inf
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Flash floods, landslides kill 44 in Indonesia
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 4 (ANI): At least 44 people were killed while seven others are reported to be missing after flash floods and landslides swept an island in southern Indonesia on Sunday.
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Fishing boat crashes into ship off Indonesia's west Java, 17 missing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Seventeen people are missing after a fishing boat crashed into a bulk carrier near Indonesia's West Java island, national media reported on Sunday.
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Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake registered east of South Sandwich Islands
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
South Sandwich Islands [UK], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A 6.6 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday east of the South Sandwich Islands in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the US Geological Survey said.
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Fiji PM thanks India for COVID-19 vacccines
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Suva [Fiji], March 31 (ANI): Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Wednesday thanked the Government of India for providing the island country with Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines.
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China could step up armament, provocations near Senkaku Islands: Report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 29 (ANI): China's coast guard could step up armament and provocations around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea following the enforcement of a controversial Chinese law that allows use of weapons against foreign ships, according to a report pub
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Attackers killed in Indonesia church blast linked to terror group
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], March 29 (ANI): Indonesian police have said the suicide bombers who died in a blast outside a Roman Catholic church on Sulawesi Island on Sunday were a man and woman who were members of a Muslim terrorist network linked to the Islamic State group.
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Two Chinese ships enter Japan's territorial waters off Senkaku Islands
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 29 (ANI): In yet another case of illegal intrusion by Beijing, two Chinese government vessels entered Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Monday morning.
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Rameswaram locals voice concern against unscientific Pamban bridge constru
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [Inardia], March 27 (ANI): islanders at Rameswaram are voicing concerns about the construction of the new Pamban railway bridge as it blocks the Pamban sea currents.
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Seized Sri Lankan boat with Narcotics brought to Coast Guard station Vizhi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 25 (ANI): The Sri Lankan boat that was seized by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with narcotics and arms at Minicoy Island on March 18, reached Vizhinjam on Thursday, said the ICG.
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China reclaiming land to extend Spratly Islands reef in South China Sea, s
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 25 (ANI): China has extended another Spratly Islands reef in the disputed South China Sea, satellite images have showed.
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5.0-magnitude quake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Caledonia [France], March 25 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted southeast of the Loyalty Islands at 07:08:07 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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