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Taiwan divers search for trapped fisherman after bridge collapse
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2019
» TAIPEI: Rescuers in Taiwan searched on Wednesday for the last fisherman believed to have been crushed in his boat when a bridge collapsed into a harbour, killing at least five people, as questions were raised about construction standards.
Myanmar police shoot, injure 4 in raid on Rohingya camp
Reuters, Published on 18/11/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar police shot and wounded four Rohingya Muslims on Sunday, after detaining two men accused of smuggling people out of a camp for displaced people in western Rakhine state, a witness and police told Reuters.
Indonesia rushes to help quake-hit island; thousands feared dead
Reuters, Published on 01/10/2018
» PALU, Indonesia: Authorities scrambled on Monday to get aid and rescue equipment into quake-hit Sulawesi island, and prepared to bury some of the at least 832 dead, while the government said it would accept international help for disaster relief.
At least 11 drown as 'duck boat' capsizes in Missouri
Reuters, Published on 20/07/2018
» At least 11 people including children drowned when an amphibious "duck boat" carrying 31 people capsized and sank in stormy weather on a lake in Missouri on Thursday.
Molotov cocktail thrown at Myanmar embassy in Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2017
» JAKARTA -- A molotov cocktail was thrown at the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta in the early hours on Sunday, Jakarta police said, causing a small fire.
Malaysia sets boat ablaze as it turns up heat on illegal fishing
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia on Wednesday for the first set fire to a foreign boat for fishing illegally in its waters as it turns up the heat on trespassing trawlers.
Pirates kill 8 fishermen in Philippines
Reuters, Published on 10/01/2017
» MANILA - Armed men killed eight fishermen in what appeared to be an attack by pirates in dangerous waters in the southern Philippines, a coast guard spokesman said on Tuesday.
Five dead after fire on Indonesia tourist boat
Reuters, Published on 01/01/2017
» JAKARTA - Five people were killed and around 100 people rescued on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying tourists to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, authorities said.
Marine police claim 'self defence' in firing on Vietnamese fishermen
Reuters, Published on 17/09/2015
» Thai maritime police said they opened fire on a Vietnamese fishing boat while trying to intercept another vessel in waters near Malaysia last week, a clash Vietnamese state media said killed a fisherman and wounded two others.
60 tourists stranded at Malay resort
Reuters, Published on 24/12/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR — Nearly 60 foreign tourists are among almost 100 people stranded at a resort in a Malaysian national park lashed by its heaviest rainfall in more than four decades, staff said on Wednesday as authorities sent boats and a helicopter to rescue them.