Tag: Asia
A Philippine Journalist Has Been Shot Dead While Driving In The Country's Capital
"That the incident took place in Metro Manila indicates how brazen the perpetrators were, and how authorities have failed to protect journalists as well as ordinary citizens from harm," said the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.
Government Will do What's Essential To Make Certain Inexpensive Public Housing For Singaporeans
The Government will interfere and do what is "necessary" to make sure less costly public housing for Singaporeans in addition to a strong belongings market, stated Minister for National Development Desmond Lee on Tuesday (Oct 4)
Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan
North Korea conducts longest-variety missile take a look at but over Japan. The Japanese authorities warned residents to take cowl because the missile regarded to have flown over and beyond its territory earlier than falling into the Pacific Ocean
Indian jets scrambled after fake bomb scare on flight from Iran
India`s Air Force stated it scrambled fighter jets after receiving a bomb alert on Mahan Air headed to Guangzhou in China.
The death count from a stampede and riot at a football game in Indonesia rose to 174
The country’s football league to be suspended while authorities investigate the incident.
The world needs a new solution to its landmine problem
A landmine-free world should be the UN’s 18th Sustainable Development Goal.
A farm tractor trolley carrying Hindu pilgrims has and fallen into a pond
The trailer was carrying about 40 people, mostly women and children, in the city of Kanpur in Utter Pradesh province.
Authorities in Bangladesh Have Blamed Overcrowding For the Sinking of a Ferry
Boat overloaded with Hindu pilgrims capsized on Sunday, with death toll rising to 61 and many passengers still missing.
Weeks of firing escalates tensions between the neighbours
Weeks of firing escalates tensions between the neighbours, raising concerns of new Rohingya exodus into Bangladesh.
Nationwide raids on Muslim group PFI in India, over 100 arrested
Federal agencies raid offices of Popular Front of India and homes of its members, accusing the group of terror links.