Bangkok, Apr. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Myanmar’s ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to another location. Local media, citing military junta spokesman…
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Indonesia evacuates hundreds as Mount Ruang volcano erupts
Jakarta, Apr. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Multiple eruptions of Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano has prompted the evacuation of more than 800 people from the region, the country’s volcanology…
18 killed as heavy rain causes floods in Oman
Cairo, Apr. 16, (dpa/GNA) – At least 18 people have died, including children, due to heavy rains and floods in Oman since Sunday, the government’s emergency service…
Flood death toll in Afghanistan rises to at least 50 people
Islamabad, Apr. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Flooding caused by heavy rains over the past four days has claimed the lives of at least 50 people in Afghanistan, the…
Heavy rains, lightning kill 50 people across Pakistan
Islamabad, Apr. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistani authorities have put rescue services on high alert after heavy rains, thunderstorms and lightning wrought havoc across the country. The National…
Heavy fighting intensifies in Myanmar trade town on Thai border
Bangkok, Apr. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Heavy fighting has been raging in the town of Myawaddy on Myanmar’s border with Thailand since Tuesday evening following an attack on…
South Koreans elect new parliament with no clear front-runner
Seoul, Apr. 10, (dpa/GNA) – South Korean voters go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new parliament. A total of 44.25 million people are eligible…
Germany accused at UN court of aiding and abetting Gaza ‘genocide’
Amsterdam, Apr. 8, (dpa/GNA) – Nicaragua has accused Germany of aiding and abetting genocide in the Gaza Strip before the UN’s highest court. By supplying arms to…
US destroys Houthi drones and missile targeting destroyer
Washington, Apr. 4, (dpa/GNA) – The US armed forces said they destroyed two drones and a missile launched by Iran-backed Houthi militants and targeting a US destroyer…
Group of trapped miners rescued after Taiwan earthquake
Taipei, Apr. 4, (dpa/GNA) – A small group of six trapped miners were brought to safety on Thursday after remaining trapped following a major earthquake which rocked…
Militant attack in Iran leaves 16 attackers and 11 officers dead
Tehran, Apr. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Militants have carried out a major attack on bases of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in south-east Iran, resulting in…
Iran threatens Israel after two generals killed in strike on Damascus
Tehran, Apr. 3, (dpa/GNA) – Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the latest to threaten Israel with retaliation a day after two Iranian generals were killed in a…
Nine dead, over 940 injured after major earthquake rattles Taiwan
Taipei, Apr. 3, (dpa/GNA) – At least nine people have been killed and 946 injured as a result of a severe earthquake that struck off the east…
Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years kills nine; 50 missing
Taipei, April 3 (Reuters/GNA) – Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday, injuring more than 800, while 50…
Pakistan’s court suspends ex-PM Khan conviction on graft charges
Islamabad, Apr. 2, (dpa/GNA) – A court in Pakistan on Monday suspended the conviction of former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife on one of the…
Thai provincial cops now chasing misbehaving monkeys
Bangkok, Mar. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Monkeys in the Thai province of Lop Buri took a step closer to being more like human beings: they too have to…
Pakistan shocked by viral video of woman killed by family
Islamabad, March 28, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistan’s police have arrested a father and a brother, after a video showing the brother strangling his sister, while…
Japan nappy maker shifts from babies to adults
March 27 (BBC/GNA) – A Japanese nappy maker has announced that it will stop producing diapers for babies in the country and, instead, focus…
At least two detained after assassination of Hamas official in Lebanon
Beirut, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – At least two people were detained and handed over to the Lebanese security authorities in connection with the assassination of a Hamas…
Assailants carry out deadly attack near China-funded port in Pakistan
Islamabad, Mar. 21, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistani troops guarding a government complex in the port city of Gwadar killed eight assailants when they tried to storm the compound…