Islamabad, Jul. 22, (dpa/GNA) – A girls’ school was blown up by suspected militants in north-western Pakistan near the Afghan border, in yet another incident targeting female…
Asia
News and Content from and on the Asias
Xi urges all-out rescue, relief efforts after bridge collapses in northwest China
BEIJING, July 20, (Xinhua/GNA) — Chinese President Xi Jinping, has urged all-out rescue and relief efforts, to safeguard people’s lives and property, after the…
One dead, scores injured as Pakistani troops fire at peace activists
Islamabad, Jul. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistani troops on Friday fired live bullets into crowds at a huge protest seeking an end to attacks by Islamist militants, killing one demonstrator…
Vietnam’s powerful Communist Party boss Nguyen Phu Trong dies aged 80
Hanoi, Jul. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Nguyen Phu Trong, the powerful head of Vietnam’s Communist Party, has died aged 80 after suffering from ill health, including strokes, the…
Media Practitioners complete training in audio-visual storytelling
Nii Martey M. Botchway Kolkata, India, July 19, GNA – The India Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), training programme in audio-visual storytelling, for media…
Violence escalates over protests in Bangladesh, 11 reportedly dead
Dhaka, Jul. 18, (dpa/GNA) – Violence continued to escalate in Bangladesh amid student protests over government job quota reforms, with local media reporting that more than 10…
Syria: Assad’s Baath party wins majority in parliamentary polls
Damascus, Jul. 18, (dpa/GNA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s party and its allies have swept an expected majority of seats in the war-torn country’s parliamentary election. The…
Protests in Turkey against proposed law to control stray animals
Istanbul, Jul. 18, (dpa/GNA) – Animal rights groups in Turkey protested on Wednesday against a proposed bill which activists fear would allow the mass killing of stray…
Kolkata’s iconic yellow taxis: the last of a series
By Nii Martey M. Botchway Kolkata, India, July 17, GNA – In the bustling streets of Kolkata, a city steeped in history and tradition,…
Devastating storm in Afghanistan leaves some 40 dead, hundreds hurt
Islamabad, Jul. 16, (dpa/GNA) – A powerful storm ripped through Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, leaving nearly 40 people dead and at least 347 injured, according…
The Mullick Ghat Flower Market: Kolkata’s destination for blooms and fragrances
By Nii Martey M. Botchway Kolkata, India, July 15, GNA – Along the banks of the Hooghly River, in the heart of Kolkata, lies…
At least 60 missing after landslides bury buses in Nepal
Kathmandu, Jul. 12, (dpa/GNA) – At least 60 people are missing after part of a hill collapsed and swept away two passenger buses on a highway in…
Landslides at Indonesian mining site kills 10; dozens still missing
Jakarta, July 8, (dpa/GNA) – Rescuers on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, were on Monday searching for dozens of people, who are still missing after a…
Pakistan evacuates thousands after melting glaciers triggers floods
Islamabad, Jul. 9, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistani authorities have evacuated thousands of people from their mountain hamlets as the outburst of a glacial lake triggered flash floods after…
Afghanistan launches third polio vaccination drive of 2024
Islamabad, Jul. 8, (dpa/GNA) – Afghanistan has launched another polio vaccination campaign aimed at protecting around 8 million children under the age of 5, the Taliban Health Ministry announced on Monday. The…
Reports: Israeli army kills four militants in West Bank
Ramallah/Tel Aviv, Jul. 5, (dpa/GNA) – Several armed militants have been killed in an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian media…
Over 50 dead as Pakistan’s Karachi bettered by prolonged heatwave
Islamabad, Jul. 4, (dpa/GNA) – A severe heatwave continued to batter Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi for a third week, filling hospitals with patients and morgues with bodies,…
More than 50 die, 1.5 million affected in north-east Indian floods
New Delhi, Jul. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Torrential monsoon rains have caused widespread floods, landslides and house collapses across north-eastern India, impacting nearly 1.5 million people and causing…
Nepal PM faces crisis as key ally withdraws support
Kathmandu, Jul. 4, (dpa/GNA)- Nepal plunged deeper into political crisis on Wednesday as a key ally withdrew its support from Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s government,…
Death toll from Indian stampede rises to 121
New Delhi, Jul. 3, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from a stampede that broke out at a religious gathering in northern India has risen to 121, a…