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Not just Bali: Indonesia to develop more tourism sites
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2019
» YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on grey stone steps atop the world's largest Buddhist temple, occasionally checking mobile phones or whispering to each other as they waited for daylight.
Indian court gives life sentence to guru, 14 followers
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2018
» HISAR, India: A court in northern India has sentenced a Hindu guru and 14 followers to life imprisonment in the deaths of four women and a child at his sprawling ashram.
Bus crash in south India kills at least 45 people
Associated Press, Published on 11/09/2018
» HYDERABAD, India: A bus carrying pilgrims from a Hindu temple in the hills of south India plunged off a road on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, officials said. At least 25 other people were injured.
5 killed by toxic fumes while cleaning septic tank in Delhi
Associated Press, Published on 10/09/2018
» NEW DELHI: India's government has ordered a probe into the deaths of five men asphyxiated by toxic fumes while cleaning a septic tank at a housing complex in New Delhi, an official said Monday.
Indian mob lynches woman on kidnapping rumours
Associated Press, Published on 23/07/2018
» NEW DELHI: A woman was lynched in central India on rumours that she was part of a gang that kidnapped children, police said Monday, days after the highest court called for immediate steps to control deadly mob violence across the country.
Student, housewife among 15 terror suspects in Malaysia
Associated Press, Published on 01/06/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have detained 15 suspected militants, several of them foreigners, who were planning attacks on places of worship in Kuala Lumpur.
Sri Lanka declares emergency
Associated Press, Published on 06/03/2018
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in a central hill town could spread.
Malaysia's top court annuls unilateral conversions of minors
Associated Press, Published on 29/01/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's top court in a landmark decision says both parents must consent to the religious conversion of a minor, ruling in favour of a Hindu woman whose ex-husband converted their three children to Islam.
Myanmar says 1st camp for Rohingya will be ready next week
Associated Press, Published on 15/01/2018
» Myanmar officials say a camp to house Rohingya Muslim and Hindu refugees returning from Bangladesh will be ready by its promised deadline next week.
Bali flights resume, but volcanic ash still disrupts travel
Associated Press, Published on 30/11/2017
» KARANGASEM, Indonesia: Flights trickled out of Bali a day after its airport reopened but the erupting volcano there shut down air travel to a neighbouring Indonesian island Thursday, showing the continued risk to aircraft from the towering ash clouds.