Category: Asia

Mon 23 December 2019: Explosions have rocked two towns and a city in the southern Philippines, wounding at least 17 people including soldiers, a military official said. A hand grenade was thrown into a military truck patrolling Cotabato City in the southern island of Mindanao, with eight soldiers and four civilians sustaining injuries from the […]

Fri 20 December 2019: (AFP) India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths followed by China and Nigeria, according to a report published Wednesday that estimated the global impact of contaminants in the air, water, and workplace. The report by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) found pollution to be the largest environmental cause […]

Tue 17 December 2019: Ten members of the same family, including three children, were killed Tuesday when their car detonated a roadside bomb as they were traveling to a funeral in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, as the U.N. released statistics saying an average of nine children have been killed or wounded per day in the […]

Sun 15 December 2019: The Turkish president is set to attend a summit in Malaysia where participants will discuss the problems plaguing the Islamic world, officials said Sunday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit slated for Dec. 16 and 17 upon the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The summit will […]

Sat 14 December 2019: (AFP) Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India as opponents of a new citizenship law geared up for more protests Saturday, following days of clashes that saw two people killed and dozens injured. Many in the far-flung, resource-rich region fear the new legislation will grant citizenship to large numbers […]

Thu 12 December 2019: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad arrived here Wednesday to begin his four-day official visit to Qatar. After his aircraft touched down at the Hamad International Airport in the Qatar capital at 9.15 pm local time (2.15 am Thursday Malaysian time), Mahathir and his wife, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, […]

Wed 11 December 2019: (AP) A Pakistani court ordered on Wednesday that ailing former President Asif Ali Zardari be released on bail on medical grounds, so that he can seek medical treatment at a hospital of his choice in the country. The development came about five months after Zardari, the widower of the country’s assassinated […]

Mon 09 December 2019: China is forcefully collecting blood samples from hundreds of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, in an attempt that some say vie to justify and intensify racial profiling against the Muslim minority. Speaking to yenisafak.com in an exclusive interview, Uyghur activist and journalist Tahir Imam revealed that China’s new project to amass […]

Sat 07 December 2019: Dozens of protesters briefly besieged the office of a well-known independent newspaper in Islamabad, chanting slogans against the editor and staff and setting fire to copies of the paper before fleeing. Friday’s protest was the second incident this week at the offices of the English-language Dawn newspaper. It comes a day […]

Tue 03 December 2019: The health condition of Syed Ali Geelani, a senior Kashmiri resistance leader, has deteriorated in the past several days, his spokesman said Monday. The 90-year-old leader, who has been under house arrest for the past 11 years, is facing several health issues including heart and kidney problems, Abdullah Gilani told Anadolu […]