TOKYO -- A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F15 fighter jet disappeared during training over the Sea of Japan on Monday, the JASDF said.
The jet lost radar contact after taking off from the Komatsu Air Base in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, according to the JASDF. (Japan-Fighter Jet)
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JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government on Monday announced that the quarantine period for fully vaccinated international travelers is cut from seven to five days, amid soaring daily cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that the infections of the Omicron variant in the country now do not only come from imported cases like in the few weeks at the beginning of the third wave of COVID-19, but are spreading through local transmissions. (Indonesia-Quarantine)
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KABUL -- Taliban denied on Monday a United Nations (UN) report of killing more than 100 members of the former Afghan government and its security forces.
"After general amnesty, no one is allowed to harm anyone. If any revenge-taking incident reported we would investigate and punish the perpetrators," the Taliban caretaker government's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in his Twitter account. (Afghanistan-UN)
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HANOI -- Vietnam reported 12,674 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 12,637 locally transmitted and 37 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of infections on Monday with 2,728 cases, followed by central Da Nang city with 877 cases and northern Bac Ninh province with 781 cases. (Vietnam-COVID-19) ■
