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China demonstrates coast guard capability to Pacific nations, step towards high seas patrols
Published on 06/06/2025
» SYDNEY - China is taking further steps towards high seas boarding of fishing boats in the Pacific for the first time, risking tensions with Taiwanese fleets and US Coast Guard vessels that ply the region, Pacific Islands officials told Reuters.
Singapore orders foreigners' Facebook posts taken down under new election rules
Reuters, Published on 26/04/2025
» SINGAPORE - Singapore has ordered Facebook parent Meta to block Singaporeans' access to posts made by foreigners, ahead of a national election under rules restricting their social media posts.
Southeast Asia to miss green goal on slow storage deployment
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/10/2024
» SINGAPORE - Southeast Asia will miss its renewable energy production goal, highlighting the difficulties in weaning the region off fossil fuels like coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to an intergovernmental think tank.
Pakistani ex-PM Khan gets 10-year jail term
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2024
» ISLAMABAD - A court in Pakistan has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to 10 years in jail for leaking state secrets, his media team said on Tuesday.
Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» CHIBAYISH (IRAQ) - Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up, decimating his herd of water buffaloes.
Death toll hits 252 as Indonesians face quake trauma
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» Iwan Gunawan was forced to leave his gravely injured wife buried under rubble to run outside and save his daughter after a strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's largest province.
Hunt for buried survivors after Indonesia quake kills 162
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» CIANJUR, Indonesia: Rescuers searched on Tuesday for survivors buried under rubble after a strong earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java killed 162 people, injured hundreds and left more feared trapped in collapsed buildings.
Super Typhoon Noru slams into the Philippines
AFP, Published on 25/09/2022
» Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines Sunday, battering the heavily populated main island of Luzon with strong winds and heavy rain that have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes.
Super Typhoon Noru barrels towards Philippines
AFP and Reuters, Published on 25/09/2022
» A super typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines Sunday and was on track to slam into the heavily populated main island of Luzon, forcing the evacuations of coastal communities, authorities said.
'Father of Pakistan's bomb' A.Q. Khan dies at 85
AFP, Published on 10/10/2021
» ISLAMABAD - Abdul Qadeer Khan, celebrated as the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme but accused of smuggling technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, has died at 85, authorities said Sunday.