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UN: Civilian deaths top 5,300 since Myanmar coup
Published on 17/09/2024
» GENEVA - Myanmar’s military government has ramped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents and recruit soldiers in an escalating conflict, with tens of thousands detained since the 2021 coup, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.
New sinkhole opens up in Kuala Lumpur after woman is swept away
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/08/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - A second sinkhole appeared in the heart of Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, just 50 metres away from where a woman was swallowed into the ground last week and remains missing.
Eyes and ears everywhere in China
Published on 25/05/2024
» BEIJING - The wall in the police station was covered in sheets of paper, one for every building in the sprawling Beijing apartment complex. Each sheet was further broken down by unit, with names, phone numbers and other information on the residents.
Songkran moving out of Hong Kong’s ‘Little Thailand’
Published on 09/04/2024
» HONG KONG: The water-splashing portion of Thailand's Songkran festival in Hong Kong's Kowloon City will be moved from its traditional site to a basketball court next week for the first time, following the arrest last year of three men for soaking police officers and reporters at the event.
'Jokowi effect': How Indonesia's outgoing leader shaped election to succeed him
Published on 12/02/2024
» SEMARANG, Indonesia: His name is not on the ballot, but Indonesia's wildly popular President Joko Widodo, or "Jokowi", looms large over Wednesday's election in the world's third-largest democracy, and nowhere more than in his home province of Central Java.
Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000: health officials
Published on 21/01/2024
» DOHA/GAZA: The toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct 7 has passed 25,000, health officials in the enclave said on Sunday, amid heavy Israeli strikes and street battles raging across the Hamas-run Strip.
Indonesian presidential front-runner stirs fears of ‘death of democracy’
Published on 21/01/2024
» JAKARTA: He hoped to succeed Indonesia’s long-time dictator. He ordered the kidnappings of pro-democracy activists. He was accused of atrocities during the ruthless military occupation of East Timor. He has said elections run counter to his country’s culture.
Israeli PM: No peace until Hamas destroyed
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israel bombed Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed there would not be be peace until the territory's Hamas rulers are destroyed and Palestinian society is "deradicalised".
Israel PM says no peace until Hamas destroyed
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted peace can only be achieved in Gaza if Hamas is destroyed, the territory demilitarised and Palestinian society "deradicalised", after warning the war is set to intensify.
Israel pounds Gaza with no end in sight to war
AFP, Published on 25/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel pounded Gaza on Monday, exacerbating the dire conditions for civilians with no end in sight to the war Hamas says has killed more than 20,000 people in the Palestinian territory.