Pakistan on Monday summoned an Indian official to protest over cross-border shelling from its neighbour that it said had killed a child and wounded four civilians. India and Pakistan have accused each …
Child sex abuse in Pakistan’s religious schools is endemic
Earlier this year, a cleric at the religious school he faithfully attended in the southern Punjab town of Pakpattan took him into a washroom and tried to rape him. Muhimman’s aunt, Shazia, who wanted …
Pakistan ‘sleepwalking’ into virus catastrophe, warns opposition
Pakistan risks “sleep walking” into a coronavirus catastrophe where death tolls reach levels seen in the West and perilously under-resourced hospitals are pushed to the brink, an opposition leader …
Indonesia reports its biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths
Indonesia on Tuesday reported its biggest daily jump ineaths with 60 new fatalities, taking the total to 459, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. Yurianto confirmed 282 new coronavirus …
Bank Indonesia Keeps Rates Steady
Indonesia’s central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate steady Tuesday as it seeks to safeguard the rupiah amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Indonesia trying to avert recession due to virus outbreak: finance minister
JAKARTA (Reuters) -n authorities are making efforts to prevent an economic recession due to the coronavirus outbreak, but their worst case scenario is for contraction in …
‘Ghosts’ try to spook people off streets during coronavirus in Indonesia
Ghosts” wrapped in white sheets are roaming the streets of a neighborhood in Indonesia’s central Java province trying to spook people into staying home during the coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19 Report: Indonesia declares outbreak a national disaster; Malaysia sets price controls
Hong Kong opera star, Myanmar rock icon among new coronavirus patients. This article, COVID-19 Report: Indonesia declares outbreak a national disaster; Malaysia sets price controls, originally …
India Extends Nationwide Lockdown Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
In a televised address Tuesday, the prime minister said his “request to all my countrymen is that coronavirus will not be allowed to spread across new areas at any cost,” CNN reported. “We have to be …
India’s poor hit hardest as coronavirus spreads and lockdown is extended
New Delhi — Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday that India’s nationwide lockdown would be extended until May 3 to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The lockdown that began on March 25 …