50 Rohingya land in Indonesia
Reuters : Around 50 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, an official at the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday, the...
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UN probing mass displacement in Myanmar
AFP : UN war crimes investigators said on Thursday they were tracking the escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and were probing reports that...
85 dead from fighting in Sudan
AFP : At least 85 people have died in a single hospital in the Darfur city of El-Fasher since fighting reignited between Sudan’s warring parties...
Armies of young insurgents are changing the course of a forgotten war
BBC : Two loudspeakers, as big as the men carrying them, are brought to the rocky hilltop. Some 800m below, in the town of Hpasang,...
Nepali reaches summit of Everest for record 30th time
AFP : Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record Wednesday as the person to have scaled Mount Everest the most times, achieving the...
Ireland, Norway and Spain to recognise Palestinian state
BBC : Ireland, Norway, and Spain have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state from 28 May. Spain and Ireland said the decision was...
Can South Africa fix its ailing infrastructure?
Aljazeera : “I set up my company several years ago. The power cuts were bad then, lasting up to five hours a day,” said Lezanne...
Protests as Taiwan parliament pushes contentious reforms
Reuters : Lawmakers in Taiwan jostled, unfurled banners and shouted at each other on Tuesday in a dispute about efforts to widen parliament oversight pushed...
India shuts schools as temperatures soar
AFP : Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4°C with Delhi gripped by a...
Passenger killed as Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence
Reuters : One passenger was killed and 30 injured after a Singapore Airlines SIAL.SI flight from London hit severe turbulence en route on Tuesday, forcing...