Category: Asia

Wed 05 June 2019: NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus has resurfaced in the southern Indian state of Kerala a year after it killed 17 people, state officials said on Tuesday. A 23-year-old student tested positive for the virus, which is transmitted to humans through direct contact with infected bats, pigs or […]

Mon 03 June 2019: COLOMBO (Reuters) – Eight Muslim government officials in Sri Lanka quit their portfolios on Monday in solidarity with the industry minister accused by the opposition of supporting Islamist militants who killed more than 250 people on Easter Sunday.  However, the three ministers and five junior ministers only resigned from their portfolios, […]

Mon 03 June 2019: India warned of severe heat in northern and central areas on Monday, following similar extreme weather on Sunday. Of the 15 hottest places in the world in the past 24 hours, eight were in India with the others in neighboring Pakistan, according to weather monitoring website El Dorado. Churu, a city […]

Sun 02 June 2019: KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday mooted the idea of a common trading currency for East Asia that would be pegged to gold, describing the existing currency trading in the region as manipulative. Mahathir said the proposed common currency could be used to settle imports and […]

Fri 31 May 2019 The UK court has extended the custody of notorious diamond dealer Nirav Modi as it seeks to ensure that he will be held in acceptable prison conditions before it rules on the extradition of the fugitive billionaire back to India. “There is no reason why it [India’s jail plans for Nirav] […]

Thu 30 May 2019: Mohammad Sana Ullah, who served in the Indian army for 30 years, is sent to a detention camp in Assam state. Guwahati, India – An Indian army veteran has been sent to detention centre after he was declared an illegal citizen in the country’s northeastern state of Assam. Mohammad Sana Ullah, who retired […]

Thu 30 May 2019 Hundreds of thousands of children in war-torn Afghanistan are in danger of dying from malnutrition, with officials warning that the health crisis is growing day by day. UNICEF says it lacks funds to properly address the issue. Acute malnourishment affects an estimated two million children in Afghanistan. Of those, 600,000 are […]

Wed 29 May 2019: YANGON (Reuters) – A court in Myanmar has issued an arrest warrant for a nationalist Buddhist monk, Wirathu, on a charge of sedition, police said on Wednesday.  Wirathu is known for his rhetoric against minority Muslims, particularly the Rohingya community, but he has also been critical of the civilian government of […]

Almost 3,000 metric tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste smuggled from US, UK, Canada and Australia to be shipped out. Malaysia will send back almost 3,000 metric tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries including the United States, Great Britain, Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a “dumping ground” for rich nations. Environment […]

Tue 28 May 2019: NAYABANS, India (Reuters) – Muslims in Nayabans, an unremarkable village in northern India, say they remember a time when their children played with Hindu youths, and people from either faith chatted when they frequented each other’s shops and went to festivals together. Such interactions no longer happen, many say, because of […]