WELLINGTON -- New Zealand is currently building a new system Gun Safe that records incidents and details and tells the story behind each firearm the police encounter in their communities, New Zealand Police said on Friday.

"While we are in the very early stages, with three months' worth of information collected from across the country, we are building the picture we need," Deputy Commissioner Michael Clement said in a police statement. (NZ,Firearm Information System)

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WELLINGTON -- A man facing court in connection to rural Kawhia's shooting has been charged with possessing a newly prohibited military-style semi-automatic rifle on Friday.

One person died and three were injured following a firearm-involved incident near Kawhia, New Zealand's North Island, on Thursday. (New Zealand-Shooting)

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TOKYO -- The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Friday warned of mudslides and floods as torrential rain pounds the Chugoku and Kyushu regions in Japan's west and southwest.

An evacuation advisory order has been issued for districts in Hiroshima City in western Japan, owing to the heavy rain causing a risk of mudslides, local media reported Friday. (Japan-Evacuation Orders-Torrential Rain)

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YANGON -- One woman was killed with two others injured in landslide in Myanmar's Mandalay region, according to the Information Ministry on Friday.

The landslide took place in Mogok town in early hours of Thursday. (Myanmar-landslide)

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SYDNEY -- Australian Border Authorities have seized over 1.6 ton of the illegal narcotic methamphetamine, with an estimated value of around 1.2 billion Australian (840,000 million U.S.) dollars.

Locally known as ice, the drug was detected in a sea cargo consignment of stereo speakers at the Melbourne Container Examination Facility after being selected by Australian Border Force (AFB) officers as part of a targeted investigation. (Australi-Methamphetamine) Enditem

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