JAKARTA — Thirteen people were killed and eight others wounded in a bus accident in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province on Sunday, Spokesman for the National Search and Rescue Office Yusuf Latief told Xinhua over phone.
The accident occurred in Bantul district at about 13:00 local time (0600 GMT), and all the victims were rushed to three nearby hospitals, the spokesman said. (Indonesia-Accident-2nd LD Writethru)
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ISLAMABAD — Five Pakistani soldiers were killed when terrorists from inside Afghanistan across the international border opened fire on the troops in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said on Sunday.
The incident happened at the border area in Kurram district of the province, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said in the statement. (Pakistan-Terrorist-Attack)
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SUVA, Feb. 6 — Tonga once again extended the lockdown in some parts of the island country on Sunday as it reported two new COVID-19 cases.
According to Tonga’s news website Matangi Tonga Online on Sunday night, Tongan Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni announced the extension of the lockdown in the main island of Tongatapu and Vava’u, an island group consisting of one large island (‘Utu Vava’u) and 40 smaller ones, after confirming two new COVID-19 cases, co-workers of the case at the wharf in the capital city of Nuku’alofa. (Fiji-Suva-Extension-Lockdown)
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Fifty affiliated militants of the Islamic State (IS) terror group surrendered in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a provincial official said on Sunday.
“A total of 50 members of the IS group give up fighting and surrendered to intelligence authorities in Nangarhar on Sunday,” Mohammad Bashir, head of the provincial intelligence office, told reporters. (Afghanistan-IS)
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