Category: Asia and Oceania
When disaster strikes, the surest way to save more lives is to get targeted, practical information quickly out to communities, United Nations experts told delegations gathered in Sendai, Japan, but stressed that even the most ...
Researchers have long puzzled over why children in India, despite being wealthier, are shorter and smaller than children in sub-Saharan Africa. At least part of the answer may be a patriarchal society that puts young ...
Gunmen have attacked a Sufi mosque in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, killing at least six people and wounding five others. According to officials, the attack took place on Saturday at around 7:00 p.m. local ...
More than 200 people have been confirmed dead in a recent series of avalanches in Afghanistan, a dramatic rise in the death toll as officials continue search for missing people. Acting governor of Panjshir Abdul ...
A river ferry carrying about 100 passengers capsized in central Bangladesh on Sunday after being hit by a cargo vessel, killing at least 38 people, officials said. A rescue operation was underway, but it was ...
A Hong Kong woman was convicted Tuesday of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping her prisoner in a case that sparked international outrage and highlighted the plight of migrant domestic workers. The verdict, ...
Anti-government protesters firebombed a bus full of sleeping passengers in eastern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing seven in spiralling political unrest aimed at toppling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Several passengers were also critically injured in the ...
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched through Hong Kong’s streets Sunday in the first major rally since mass protests last year. Chanting « No fake universal suffrage. I want genuine universal suffrage, » the demonstrators held yellow umbrellas, ...
At least five Afghan police officers, including a commander, have been killed after their vehicles were struck by two separate roadside bombs in the eastern and western parts of Afghanistan. Provincial police chief, Abdul Baqi ...
Daesh radio confirmed on Sunday that its terrorists have executed Japanese security contractor Haruna Yukawa, following the release of a video announcing the hostage’s death, according to AFP. « Daesh has carried out its threat… it ...
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