19 June 2025

19 June 2025

Terrorist groups have been engaging in battles, carrying out attacks using heavy weapons, drones to drop bombs and improvised explosive devices across towns and villages in various states and regions. Moreover, they are committing inhumane acts of terror and criminal activities-including abducting and extorting money from civil servants and local civilians, as well as killings.
 

Japan's defense minister has ordered the dispatch of two Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft to Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa, to be on standby to evacuate Japanese citizens in Israel and Iran.

Nakatani Gen issued the order on Thursday amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

Japan's Foreign Ministry says roughly 1,000 Japanese nationals are in Israel and 280 in Iran.

NHK has learned that North Korea is considering sending workers to a drone manufacturer in Russia to boost production in exchange for training in how to operate the unmanned aircraft.

Military cooperation between Russia and North Korea continues to deepen as Russia increases its production of drones amid its invasion of Ukraine. North Korea, meanwhile, aims to strengthen its military.

The New York Times has reported that Iran is likely to soon accept US President Donald Trump's offer of talks, citing a senior Iranian foreign ministry official.

The newspaper on Wednesday quoted the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi would accept a meeting with the United States to discuss a ceasefire with Israel and the Iranian nuclear program.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -The head of China's central bank pledged to expand the international use of the digital yuan and called for the development of a multi-polar global currency system, where several currencies dominate the world economy.

China will establish an international operation centre for e-CNY in Shanghai, People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng said on Wednesday at the Lujiazui Forum, a high-profile gathering of local and foreign financial industry executives and regulators.

A stunning drone light show in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday night successfully clinched the Guinness World Record for the aerial image formed by most drones.

The record-breaking technological and artistic display, titled “Charming Chongqing,” showcased the spectacular natural landscape, profound cultural heritage and vibrant urban landscape of China’s mountainous metropolis with a super-large-scale drone formation.

NEW Zealand on Wednesday approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in socalled “magic mushrooms”.
Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour said rules had been relaxed so psilocybin could be used to treat certain types of depression. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in some species of mushroom and can cause hallucinations and an altered state of mind.

THE premiere of the Myanmar feature film ‘Aung Si Aung Maung’, which is set to be screened across cinemas nationwide on 20 June, was held in the afternoon of 17 June at the President Cinema in Dagon Township, Yangon Region.

The book launch and prize awarding ceremony for “Voices from the Paukphaw Heart,” a collection of stories commemorating the 75th anniversary of Myanmar-China diplomatic relations, symbolizing the enduring Paukphaw friendship between the two nations, was held at the Wyndham Grand Yangon Hotel in Yangon yesterday.