Hundreds of thousands without power on Kyushu after winds of 140km/h and heavy rain hit the region ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Orders Millions to Evacuate as Typhoon Lashes Region
Typhoon Haishen, which passed Japan and made landfall in South Korea, brought down power lines and left some injured in Japan, and disrupted travel in the region. ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Haishen lashes Korean Peninsula after battering Japan
South Korea is reeling from more bad weather as Typhoon Haishen moves along the Korean Peninsula after battering southwestern Japan, leaving four people missing. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh: compound risks of COVID-19 and floods driving more people into poverty
The monsoon season will impact communities more severely this year by compounding annual floods with the socio-economic and health risks from the COVID-19 crisis. ( read original story ...)
India, Bangladesh to hold Joint Consultative Commission soon: Jaishankar
Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar said, "Warm conversation with FM Dr AK Abdul Momen of Bangladesh. Agreed to hold our Joint Consultative Commission very ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Pakistan to start opening schools as cases fall
Education officials in Pakistan say authorities will start reopening schools from Sept. 15 amid a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and infections. Schools were closed in March when the government ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly 300 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia after six months at sea
The smugglers ... were basically keeping them hostage on the boat,” said the director of a non-profit group focusing on the Rohingya crisis. ( read original story ...)
Nearly 300 Rohingya reach Indonesia ‘after seven months at sea’
Nearly 300 Rohingya migrants reached Indonesia on Monday claiming to have been at sea for seven months, the United Nations refugee agency said, in one of the biggest such landings by the persecuted ... ( read original story ...)
Vaccine ‘not a magic solution’ for COVID-19 in Indonesia
Epidemiologists have warned that Indonesia's over-reliance on hopes for a vaccine could result in an out-of-control spread of the virus. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia reports 2,880 new coronavirus cases, 105 deaths
Indonesia reported 2,880 new coronavirus infections and 105 more coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, data issued by the country's COVID-19 task force showed. ( read original story ...)