Clashes resume near Thai-Myanmar border town: Thai army
AFP : Clashes between the Myanmar junta and armed ethnic groups have broken out again near a vital trade hub close to Thailand’s border, an...
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UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years
Al Jazeera : The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what...
Tehran signals no retaliation after Israel drone attack
Reuters : Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and...
Pakistan attack targets van carrying Japanese autoworkers
Al Jazeera : A suicide bomber has detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, police...
Kenya’s military chief killed in chopper crash
Al Jazeera : Kenya’s military chief has died in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwest, President William Ruto says. General Francis Ogolla and nine...
Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking, researchers say
Reuters : Nearly half of China’s major cities are suffering “moderate to severe” levels of subsidence, putting millions of people at risk of flooding especially...
Ukraine war: Children among seven dead in Russian strike
BBC Online : Two Russian strikes in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region have killed at least seven people, including two children, local officials say. The station...
US, UK unveil sweeping sanctions on Iran’s drone programme
AFP : The United States and Britain announced widespread sanctions against Iran’s military drone program on Thursday, in response to its weekend attack against Israel....
Human cases of bird flu ‘an enormous concern’: WHO
AFP : The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday (18 April) at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who...
Myanmar instability hampers India’s home sending refugees
Reuters : Fighting between Myanmar’s rebel forces and the ruling junta has delayed India’s effort to send home undocumented refugees from its neighbour who entered...
Jailed Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
AFP : Myanmar’s junta has moved jailed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest, a source told AFP on Wednesday. Separately,...
