JAKARTA, April 3 (AFP): Christians in Indonesia celebrated Good Friday under heavy security with forces on high alert following a suicide bomb attack at a cathedral last week. Heavily armed police and ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands of houses flooded in Indonesia’s East Java
JAKARTA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of houses are still submerged by floods in Indonesia's East Java province but the waters have been receding and a number of evacuees have returned home, ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia steps up security at churches for Easter after suicide bombing attack
The Christian minority in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, will attend Easter service under heavy security following last week’s suicide bombing outside a church carried out ... ( read original story ...)
India police: Gunbattle kills 5 troops, Maoist rebel
PATNA, India — Indian security forces, acting on intelligence, raided a Maoist rebel hideout in the forests of the eastern Chhattisgarh state on Saturday, triggering a gunbattle that killed five ... ( read original story ...)
India’s richest state warns of full lockdown amid second wave of coronavirus
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state warned on Friday of a full lockdown to curb coronavirus infections if people did not limit their movement, as the country hit a ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh and parts of India look to lockdowns as a wave of cases hits South Asia.
Some countries in the densely populated region, home to one-quarter of the world’s population, are facing “a storm” of virus infections. ( read original story ...)
Salman Rushdie reflects on post-colonial India 40 years after release of ‘Midnight’s Children’
Forty years after the publication of "Midnight's Children," author Salman Rushdie said he believes the India he was brought up in "is crumbling." ... ( read original story ...)
Philippine defense chief in verbal tussle with China on reef
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An annoyed Philippine defense chief renewed a demand on Saturday for dozens of Chinese vessels to leave a Manila-claimed reef in the South China Sea, and said he would not ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to vet political candidates’ past to ensure loyalty to China: official
China's leaders have moved decisively to tighten their control of the international finance hub, dismantling Hong Kong's limited democratic pillars after massive protests broke out in 2019. They ... ( read original story ...)
World Bank to provide $75 million to Nepal to procure vaccines
Nepal will get $75 million funding from the World Bank to access the safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines for prioritized groups of the country. Both the World Bank and the Nepali government, on ... ( read original story ...)