Tue 03 December 2019: Hindu worshippers have begun slaughtering thousands of buffalo as part of a religious ritual held every five years in southern Nepal, despite efforts to end the practice considered the world’s biggest sacrifice of animals at any one site. The Gadhimai Festival – a two-day festival in honour of the Hindu goddess of […]
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Tue 03 December 2019: (Bangkok) – The government Bangladesh is blocking aid groups from providing any meaningful education to Rohingya children in refugee camps and banning the children from attending schools outside the camps, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should urgently lift the restrictions that unlawfully deprive almost 400,000 Rohingya refugee children […]
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Mon 02 December 2019: Images of half-naked men and women went viral on Monday from Malaysia’s tattoo exhibition, which has since been slammed by authorities as unsuitable “porn” for the conservative country. The “Tattoo Malaysia Expo” in the capital Kuala Lumpur attracted people from all over the world, and photos circulating online showed many heavily-inked participants wearing few […]
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Sun 01 December 2019: The gang rape of a veterinary doctor whose body was set on fire and dumped under a bridge has sent shockwaves through India, with hundreds of women taking to the streets in protest. The charred body of the 26-year-old woman was found on the outskirts of the southern city of Hyderabad on […]
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Sat 30 November 2019: A Roman Catholic bishop went on trial in southern India on Saturday accused of repeatedly raping a nun. Franco Mulakkal arrived in court in Kottayam, Kerala state, with a group of supporters after attending morning prayers. While the Catholic church has been rocked by sexual assault and abuse cases in many […]
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Fri 29 November 2019: Indonesia’s notorious traffic gridlock has been known to send commuters into a spin, but one man has decided to rise above the daily grind – by building his very own helicopter. Jujun Junaedi spends his free time in a backyard tinkering with his project, guided by instructional videos, as he dreams […]
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Wed 27 November 2019: The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has begun a program to standardize and train Islamic preachers to ensure that they promote moderate Islam instead of far-right or far-left Islamic thought. The council implemented the certification program for da’i (Islamic teachers) on Monday. MUI executive Muhammad Cholil Nafis said the council had invited Islamic teachers who […]
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Sun 24 November 2019: Hundreds in India’s capital, New Delhi, have rallied in support of the students from a prestigious public university, who have been protesting against proposed increases in housing and other charges for weeks. The demonstrators on Saturday chanted slogans such as “Affordable education for all” and “Fight for your rights” amid concerns the rise in hostel and […]
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Sat 23 November 2019: Pakistan and Bangladesh on Thursday rejected Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank and reaffirmed their full support for Palestine. Responding to a question regarding the announcement by the U.S. on Monday that the establishment of Israeli settlements in the West Bank is not inconsistent, per se, with international law, Pakistan’s […]
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Thu 21 November 2019: The largest online scam syndicate believed to be run by Chinese nationals in Malaysia was busted by the country’s immigration department on Wednesday (Nov 20). Nearly 1,000 people were arrested following a raid at the headquarters of an online scam in Cyberjaya, the department said in a Facebook post. Videos online purportedly showed […]
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