AFP : Days of devastating flooding across Southeast Asia have killed more than 300 people in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, authorities said on Friday. Heavy monsoon season rains paired with a tropical storm system...
Al Jazeera : Firefighting and rescue operations at Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades have ended, a government spokesperson said, with the death toll rising to 128 and about 200 people still missing. Hong...
Agencies : Worldwide, 44 million deaths — that is the sad toll of HIV/Aids since it was first detected in 1981; it was officially discovered in 1983. Aids is considered one of the worst...
AP : Afghanistan on Friday expressed “deep regret” and strongly condemned a cross-border attack into neighboring Tajikistan that killed three Chinese workers and wounded a fourth. An initial assessment indicated that “this incident involves...
Agencies : Britain said Friday it was “disappointing” talks with Brussels to access a 150-billion-euro ($174 billion) EU scheme to bolster Europe’s defences had failed amid disagreement over the entry fee. European nations have...
Al Jazeera : Sri Lanka has closed government offices and schools as the death toll from floods and landslides across the country has risen to 56, with more than 600 houses damaged, according to...
BBC : The toxic haze shrouding the Indian capital, Delhi, spares no-one, but its children are counting the biggest cost of the city’s worsening and recurrent pollution problem. Nowhere is this more evident than...
Agencies : Turkey on Thursday said it was ready to participate in a “reassurance force” to be deployed in Ukraine after any eventual peace deal with Russia. “The Turkish Armed Forces are prepared to...
The 53rd International Emmy Awards were held in New York, where popular Indian actor Diljit Dosanjh and director Imtiaz Ali’s much-talked-about film ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ raised expectations by receiving nominations in two categories. However,...
The 53rd International Emmy Awards were held in New York, where popular Indian actor Diljit Dosanjh and director Imtiaz Ali’s much-talked-about film ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ raised expectations by receiving nominations in two categories. However,...
NN ONLINE: More than 31 people have died and 14 others are missing after days of heavy rain triggered landslides and flooding across Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities have suspended passenger train services...
NN ONLINE: US President Donald Trump advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan’s sovereignty, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, after a diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing....
