Vietnam police bust baby trafficking ring
AFP : Police in Vietnam have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with a baby smuggling ring that trafficked 16 newborns across several cities and provinces in the country, state media said...
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How Taliban’s new rules further silence women
Deutsche Welle : The Taliban rulers in Afghanistan last week imposed a new round of wide-ranging restrictions that attempt to control people’s lives, behaviors and social interactions.The new laws hit Afghan women and girls...
Maldives police probe alleged bid to topple government
Agency : Police in the Maldives are investigating an alleged attempt to topple President Mohamed Muizzu by stirring anger over the Indian Ocean archipelago’s worsening financial woes. Last week, the main commercial bank in...
Chinese military stages live-fire drills by Myanmar border
AFP : China’s army and air force began live-fire exercises Tuesday next to its border with Myanmar, local authorities said, following recent bilateral talks on security in the area.Myanmar’s northern Shan state has been...
Malaysia charges ex-PM Muhyiddin over alleged royal insult
Deutsche Welle : Malaysia has brought sedition charges against opposition leader and former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin for allegedly insulting the country’s former king in a political speech on August 15. Muhydiddin, who governed...
Russian strikes on Ukraine power grid kill four
AFP : Russian missile and drone strikes battered Ukraine’s power grid on Monday, killing at least four people and forcing authorities to introduce emergency blackouts.Officials said 15 regions across the country were targeted in...
Israel strikes Gaza after Lebanon flare-up
France24 : The Gaza war, triggered by Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, has drawn in Tehran-aligned armed groups across the Middle East, repeatedly heightening fears of a broader regional conflagration.In the latest flare-up...
Reuters team member killed in strike on Ukraine hotel
AFP : A safety advisor working for Reuters was killed in a missile strike on a hotel in eastern Ukraine, the global news agency said on Sunday, as Kyiv claimed further advances into Russia’s...
Flash floods in Thailand after heavy rain kill 22
AFP : Flash floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand have killed 22 people in recent days, disaster officials said on Monday, as they warned of further sudden flooding this week.Nineteen others were...
Japan’s maverick Kono enters race for next PM
Agency : Japan’s outspoken, social media-savvy digital transformation minister announced Monday that he was running to replace Fumio Kishida as prime minister, saying he would look beyond domestic affairs and “help steer the world”.Taro...
Myanmar’s poet-warrior shares a vision for democracy
Deutsche Welle : The Bamar People’s Liberation Army (BPLA) has emerged as one of the key players among newly formed resistance groups in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war.Since Myanmar’s military junta toppled the democratically elected...