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11 killed by a landmine in Afghanistan

11 killed by a landmine in Afghanistan

-- 2021-06-06 11:19:42

At least 11 civilians, including children, were killed when their vehicle set off a landmine in northern Afghanistan, local government officials said on Sunday, accusing Taliban insurgents for plantin...

Israel domestic security service warns of violence

Israel domestic security service warns of violence

REUTERS 2021-06-06 09:26:46

The head of Israel's domestic security service issued a rare warning on Saturday of possible violence during one of the most politically charged periods in decades, with the country on the verge of un...

Myanmar forces kill at least 20 civilians in Ayeyarwady region

Myanmar forces kill at least 20 civilians in Ayeyarwady region

-- 2021-06-05 18:29:03

At least 20 people were killed by Myanmar's security forces in the Ayeyarwady river delta region on Saturday after villagers armed with catapults and crossbows fought back against troops searching for...

India's vaccine inequity worsens as countryside falls behind

India's vaccine inequity worsens as countryside falls behind

Reuters 2021-06-05 12:23:14

Urban Indians are getting Covid-19 shots much faster than the hundreds of millions of people living in the countryside, government data shows, reflecting rising inequity in the nation's immunisation d...

Imran Khan ready for India talks if given Kashmir roadmap

Imran Khan ready for India talks if given Kashmir roadmap

REUTERS 2021-06-04 21:25:39

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that Pakistan is ready to restart talks with arch-rival India if Delhi provides a roadmap towards restoring the previous status of the disputed Himalayan regio...

India extends visa validity of stranded foreigners till Aug 31

India extends visa validity of stranded foreigners till Aug 31

UNB 2021-06-04 18:56:31

India Friday extended visa validity of foreigners, who have remained stuck in the country since March last year to August 31, on a gratis basis or free of charge due to Covid-19 restrictions on intern...

Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after 113-day voyage

Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after 113-day voyage

-- 2021-06-04 18:07:00

A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees that set sail in February but had been adrift in the Andaman Sea with engine failure has landed on an Indonesian island after a voyage of more than 100 days...

More cyclones than usual forecast for east Asia by September

More cyclones than usual forecast for east Asia by September

REUTERS 2021-06-04 17:23:54

Half of the roughly 20 tropical cyclones expected to form in the western Pacific Ocean through September this year are predicted to hit land in east Asian nations, forecasters said on Friday, making f...

Growing tensions threaten order, balance of Indo-Pacific region, says EU

Growing tensions threaten order, balance of Indo-Pacific region, says EU

-- 2021-06-04 16:51:26

High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell has said the Indo-Pacific region is the future, but insecurity and tensions are rising, threatening the order and balance of this dynamic region...

Witnessing Covid chaos in India

Witnessing Covid chaos in India

REUTERS 2021-06-04 13:04:09

Covering the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as it tore through Indian cities, towns and villages was overwhelming at times. Patients died at home, in their cars on the way to hospital and ou...

EU to impose new sanctions on Myanmar junta, companies

EU to impose new sanctions on Myanmar junta, companies

-- 2021-06-04 12:27:58

The European Union will impose a new round of sanctions on Myanmar's military junta and its economic interests in the coming days, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday. In an inter...

Global coronavirus cases top 172 million

Global coronavirus cases top 172 million

-- 2021-06-04 11:21:56

The global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past 172 million, as the world grapples to contain the second outbreak of the pandemic even with mass inoculations underway. As of Friday morning, the glob...

India orders unapproved COVID shots

India orders unapproved COVID shots

REUTERS 2021-06-03 21:25:09

India signed its first order for an unapproved COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, a day after criticism from the Supreme Court over its bungled vaccine rollout that has left millions of people vulnerable a...

Myanmar court jails two journalists

Myanmar court jails two journalists

Reuters 2021-06-03 13:32:35

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday jailed two journalists for incitement and spreading false news, their organisations said, part of an ongoing crackdown that a top US official called an a...

India govt inks deal with domestic vaccine maker for 300 million Covid shots

India govt inks deal with domestic vaccine maker for 300 million Covid shots

Reuters 2021-06-03 12:09:09

India’s government said on Thursday it has inked a deal with domestic vaccine maker Biological-E for 300 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for 15 billion rupees ($205.62 million), the first such or...

Israel's opposition announces new government

Israel's opposition announces new government

Reuters 2021-06-03 09:42:53

Israel's opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country's president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a ne...

Chemical cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka, fouling rich fishing waters

Chemical cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka, fouling rich fishing waters

-- 2021-06-02 19:25:23

A cargo ship carrying tonnes of chemicals sank off Sri Lanka's west coast, its navy said on Wednesday, and tonnes of plastic pellets have fouled the country's rich fishing waters in one of its worst-e...

Malaysia accuses China of breaching airspace, summons envoy

Malaysia accuses China of breaching airspace, summons envoy

-- 2021-06-02 17:56:04

Malaysia is going to summon China's envoy to explain an ‘intrusion’ by 16 Chinese air force planes into its airspace, after the Southeast Asian country's military detected ‘suspiciou...

Protests, defiance as Myanmar marks four months since coup

Protests, defiance as Myanmar marks four months since coup

REUTERS 2021-06-02 14:23:12

Pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets in towns around Myanmar on Tuesday to denounce the country's military, marking four months since it ousted an elected government and unleashed a wave of...

India plans to more than triple Covid vaccine jabs per day

India plans to more than triple Covid vaccine jabs per day

Reuters 2021-06-02 12:13:45

India could have as many as 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available per day in July and August, compared with just under three million now, the government said, trying to allay concerns about...

Global coronavirus cases top 171 million

Global coronavirus cases top 171 million

-- 2021-06-02 10:38:11

Notwithstanding a drop in the number of fresh cases in several countries, the global Covid-19 tally topped 171 million on Wednesday. The global caseload and fatalities currently stand at 171,034,625...

Schools go solar as West Bengal state reaches for green goals

Schools go solar as West Bengal state reaches for green goals

REUTERS 2021-06-01 20:52:02

Until two years ago, all 12-year-old Sapan Majhi knew about solar power was what he read in his science book. Now he gets to see it in action nearly every day after his school was fitted with rooftop...

Hamid Mir barred from hosting talk show for criticising Pakistani military

Hamid Mir barred from hosting talk show for criticising Pakistani military

-- 2021-06-01 19:06:48

Prominent Pakistani political TV talk show host Hamid Mir was suspended from his regular programme on Monday, his media group Geo News network said, following comments he made last week against the po...

Israel’s Netanyahu faces final curtain after record run

Israel’s Netanyahu faces final curtain after record run

REUTERS 2021-06-01 17:57:17

Long the familiar face of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has held on as prime minister for more than a decade, clinging to power through a criminal indictment and four elections in the past two years alon...

ASEAN leaders plan Myanmar visit amid divisions on how to respond coup

ASEAN leaders plan Myanmar visit amid divisions on how to respond coup

REUTERS 2021-06-01 17:41:46

The chair and secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plan to travel to Myanmar this week even as the 10-nation bloc remains divided on how to respond to the military c...

Myanmar army fails to quell protests four months after coup

Myanmar army fails to quell protests four months after coup

-- 2021-06-01 14:51:28

Myanmar pro-democracy supporters took to the streets on Tuesday in several districts, as fighting between the army and anti-junta militias raged in border areas, four months after the military ousted...

Chinese blogger jailed for 'slandering' soldiers who died in border clash

Chinese blogger jailed for 'slandering' soldiers who died in border clash

-- 2021-06-01 13:40:30

A blogger who made comments about Chinese soldiers who died in a Himalayan border clash with Indian troops last year has been sentenced to eight months in jail. Qiu Ziming, (38), was found guilty...

Saudi Arabia's mosques asked to reduce volume of loudspeakers

Saudi Arabia's mosques asked to reduce volume of loudspeakers

-- 2021-06-01 12:01:57

Saudi Arabia's Islamic Affairs minister on Monday defended an order to lower the volume on mosque loudspeakers, saying families had been complaining that competing speakers were keeping their children...

First human case of H10N3 bird flu reported in China

First human case of H10N3 bird flu reported in China

-- 2021-06-01 11:59:41

A 41-year-old man in China's eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tue...

China ends strict two-child policy amid concerns over population decline

China ends strict two-child policy amid concerns over population decline

-- 2021-05-31 14:07:48

China has announced that it will allow each couple to have up to three children, marking the end of a strict two-child policy. According to state media outlet Xinhua, the change was approved by P...