Jakarta, Dec 6, (dpa/GNA) – Indonesia’s disaster agency on Saturday reported a rise in the death toll from floods and landslides on the island…
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Air attack on teashop in north-western Myanmar kills at least 20
Berlin, Dec 6.(dpa/GNA) – At least 20 people died and 30 others were injured, in an airstrike on a teashop in Tabayin, north-western Myanmar,…
Putin arrives in India for first visit since invasion of Ukraine
New Delhi, Dec 4, (dpa/GNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrived in India on Thursday for a two-day state visit, which will see him…
Malaysia revives search for missing MH370 wreckage nearly 12 years on
Sydney, Dec 3, (dpa/GNA) – Malaysia will resume the search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in late December, the government said…
Taliban carries out public execution in Afghanistan
Islamabad, Dec 2, (dpa/GNA) — Afghanistan’s Taliban-controlled Supreme Court said on Tuesday that a man, convicted in a case involving the killing of 13…
Man executed in public in Iran for killing his wife
Tehran, Dec 2, (dpa/GNA) – A man has been executed in the Iranian city of Semnan, for having deliberately suffocated his wife. The Mizan…
Ten Afghans shot dead by Iranian border guards, officials say
Islamabad, Dec 2, (dpa/GNA) — Ten Afghan nationals were shot and killed by Iranian border guards, while attempting to cross into Iran without documentation,…
Floods cut off Sumatra regions, forcing aid deliveries by sea, air
Jakarta, No 30, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from the floods and landslides that have devastated large areas of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, rose…
Celebrities at ‘un-Islamic’ birthday party taken into custody in Iran
Tehran, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – At least seven prominent Iranian actors and actresses were detained by police, after attending a colleague’s birthday party where…
Sumatra flood death toll soars past 600 as hundreds remain missing
Jakarta, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – Indonesia’s national disaster agency, sharply increased the death toll from catastrophic floods and landslides on the island of Sumatra…
Pope Leo praises Lebanon as example of religious coexistence
Beirut, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – Pope Leo XIV, made a strong appeal for interreligious dialogue in Lebanon on Monday, praising the country as an…
UK MP, niece of ex-premier Hasina, convicted in Bangladesh graft case
Dhaka, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – A Bangladeshi court on Monday, sentenced British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, a member of the Labour Party, to two years…
More deaths after new incident on Tajik-Afghan border
Dushanbe, Dec 1, (dpa/GNA) – Two people have been killed in renewed shelling from Afghanistan in the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan. The press…
Nearly 200 confirmed dead in Sri Lanka landslides and floods
Colombo, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – The official death toll from floods and landslides in Sri Lanka increased to 193 on Sunday, with 228 still…
Floods cut off Sumatra regions, forcing aid deliveries by sea, air
Jakarta, No 30, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from the floods and landslides that have devastated large areas of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, rose…
At least 128 dead in Hong Kong fire as authorities make new arrests
Beijing, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Authorities arrested eight more people in connection with the most devastating fire in Hong Kong in decades, which has…
Pope lands in Lebanon on first foreign tour
Beirut, Nov 30 (dpa/GNA) – Pope Leo XIV has landed in Lebanon, as part of his first foreign tour. The head of the Catholic…
Russia-bound tanker attacked off Turkey’s Black Sea coast
Istanbul, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – A Russia-bound crude oil tanker, came under a “renewed attack” off Turkey’s Black Sea coast early on Saturday, the…
Floods, landslides kill 34 in Indonesia’s Sumatra after days of rain
Jakarta, Nov 27, (dpa/GNA) – At least 34 people have died and 52 others are missing, after floods and landslides swept through Indonesia’s North…
Dozens die in landslides and flooding in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Nov 27, (dpa/GNA) – Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains, have killed 39 people and left 14 others missing in several parts…