Gunmen in Bangladesh killed a teacher and a student in a Rohingya refugee camp because they refused to return to Myanmar to fight, their parents said today. Hundreds of Rohingya men and boys have been detained in refugee camps in Bangladesh, where they fled after Myanmar’s military expelled about 750,000 …
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A volcano in eastern Indonesia today spewed a cloud six kilometers into the sky, the latest of about a hundred eruptions since the beginning of this year. The latest eruption of Mount Ibu, on the island of Halmahera in the North Moluccas region, occurred at 3:30 a.m. local time and …
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Papua New Guinea informed the UN today that more than 2,000 people were buried in a massive landslide that swept over a remote village, according to a copy of the letter obtained by AFP. “The landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive and caused major destruction,” the country’s national disaster …
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Indian police today said they had arrested a doctor and the owner of an unlicensed hospital where six newborn babies died in a fire in a crowded ward without fire exits. The blaze broke out at the New Born Baby Care hospital in New Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area late Saturday …
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The death toll from the cyclone that hit low-lying areas of Bangladesh has risen to at least 10 people, with more than 30,000 homes destroyed and tens of thousands more damaged, senior local officials said today. “They mostly died after being crushed under collapsed houses or collapsed walls,” said Showkat …
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South Africans will vote this Wednesday with widespread anger over power cuts, unemployment and corruption that threaten to end the dominance of the African National Congress, 30 years after Nelson Mandela brought it to power. At no time since the world’s media broadcast iconic images of black South African voters …
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About 120,000 workers in Penang will experience a water cut to enable diversion work from a broken pipe at the foot of Sungai Perai, said its chief executive, Chow Kon Yeow. He added that consumers in the south-west region will be affected by the water cut, the date of which …
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The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) said 200,000 water consumers in the state may face water cutoff after the Perai Riverbed pipeline bursts again. This is the fourth time the pipe has burst since last month. In a Facebook post, the national water company said it was trying to pump …
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Yesterday, in the 600-year-old Kampung Chetti village on Jalan Gajah Berang in Melaka, it was reported that members of the Melaka Chetti are working hard to support Parchu Bhogi. Held on the eve of Thai Pongal, Parchu Bhogi is an ancient ritual to honor the dead. The Melaka Chetti are …
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The plan to build a new power plant by Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) will be discussed to increase the electricity supply in Labuan at a meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister Fadillah Yusof said the proposed power plant, led by Petronas, will be a collaborative effort with …
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