A boat carrying members of the Rohingya community from Myanmar has sunk near the Thai-Malaysian border, with hundreds missing, seven dead and 13 rescued, the Malaysian maritime agency said on Sunday. Rescuers were combing an area of 170 square nautical miles near Langkawi island on Saturday after a boat with 300 people on board left […]
Read MoreOn an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat. His home, built just a year ago on a fragile island in the Brahmaputra River, is on the verge of being swallowed by water. It is the second time the farmer and father of four has had to move […]
Read MoreOne of the year’s most powerful storms in the Philippines, Super Typhoon Fung-wong has killed four people, authorities said today (10 November), as they began assessing damage after its fury abated, though no reports of major destruction have flowed in yet. More than a million people were evacuated before Fung-wong hit land yesterday, unleashing fierce […]
Read MoreSouth Korean prosecutors indicted former president Yoon Suk Yeol today (10 November) on new charges of aiding the enemy, alleging that he ordered drone flights over North Korea to strengthen his effort to declare martial law. North Korea said last year it had “proved” that the South flew drones to drop propaganda leaflets over its […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan, the military said Monday, as tensions between the two countries escalated. Pakistan and Afghanistan blamed each other for the collapse of a third round of peace talks in Istanbul over the weekend. The negotiations, facilitated […]
Read MoreSyria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa, two senior officials said, adding a personal dimension to the leader’s plans to join a US-led coalition to fight the militant group that he has long battled. The sources, a senior Syrian security official and a senior Middle Eastern official, said the […]
Read MoreThe explosion in a car near Red Fort in Delhi that killed at least eight people on Monday, November 10, evening was so powerful that it shattered windows of vehicles parked several metres away and was heard in nearby buildings of the congested area. The area is popular with tourists and generally crowded with local […]
Read MoreBy Laura Zhou European countries have been forced to boost defence spending because of the “threat” from Russia, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said as he wrapped up a visit to China where he called for the country to put more pressure on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. In an interview with the […]
Read MoreBy Lawrence Chungin Taipei In a high-stakes bilateral exchange where Taiwan has historically been an enduring flashpoint, the unusual silence was deafening. Last week’s summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump produced a rare omission – no mention of Taiwan at all in official statements from both Washington and Beijing. The […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS: The European Union on Saturday condemned Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon and asked it to respect a ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah. Israel conducted fresh attacks in southern Lebanon on Thursday, claiming to target the Iran-backed organization and accusing the group of rearming. “The EU calls on Israel to cease all actions that […]
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