In order to accelerate the security measures to safeguard regional peace and stability and rule of law, the National Defence and Security Council issued an Order No 1/2025 as effective as law, in accordance with Section 412 (a) of the Constitution on Thursday.
The National Defence and Security Council held its meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday. Pro-Tem President (Duty) Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attended the meeting and made a speech, outlining the government’s activities since assuming State duties, based on established objectives and a defined roadmap.
The Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano erupted in Kamchatka following a major earthquake in the region, the Kamchatka Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Geophysical Service said on Wednesday.
Also, scientists are tracking flows of incandescent lava down the western slope. Currently, explosions and intense glowing are visible above the volcano. Earlier in the day, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck offshore Kamchatka, the strongest in the region since 1952. The volcano’s last eruption was in April 2025.
India has recovered a set of relics linked to early Buddhism more than a century after they were removed from the country during the British colonial period, officials said Wednesday.
The Piprahwa gems date back to around the third century BC and were unearthed in 1898 by Englishman William Claxton Peppe in northern India. India's culture ministry said it secured the return of the gems, which had been slated for auction in Hong Kong in May, in partnership with Mumbai-based conglomerate Godrej Industries Group.