The city was struck by torrential rains over the weekend, which flooded dozens of major roads and forced hundreds of people to rush to emergency shelters.
DAPA: Indonesia’s Plan to Purchase F-15EX ‘Separate’ from Joint Fighter Jet Development Program
South Korea’s arms procurement agency said on Saturday that Indonesia’s reported plan to purchase F-15EX jets from the United States defense giant, Boeing, and …
Not cricket: religious divide threatens a last bastion of secular India
It is often described as India’s greatest unifier, a sport that – at least on the field – has been insulated from the religious schisms that have long divided the country. But in recent weeks …
India’s Serum Institute Says Prioritising Domestic Vaccine Needs, Asks for Patience
Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker by volume, on Sunday asked for patience from foreign governments awaiting their supply of COVID-19 shots, saying it had been directed …
Tension haunts tiny Taiwanese isles that live in fear of war with China
Tsai Li-chu recalls being a young mother on Taiwan’s Kinmen Island, when the shelling would start around 7pm most nights, launched from the People’s Republic of China just a few miles over the sea. “I …
China Censors the Internet. So Why Doesn’t Russia?
The Kremlin has constructed an entire infrastructure of repression but has not displaced Western apps. Instead, it is turning to outright intimidation.
Iran closes Iraq border points to stem spread of coronavirus variant
Iran closed several crossing points with Iraq on Saturday in an effort to stem the spread of a mutant variant of coronavirus which the Iranian health minister said was entering from the neighbouring …
South Korea facing worst labor market crisis since 1997
The prolonged novel coronavirus outbreak has dealt a body blow to the labor market in South Korea, causing the number of people in paid employment to plunge by nearly 1 million in January alone. The …
2 Myanmar protesters killed by police fire, several injured
Riot police in Myanmar shot dead two anti-coup protesters and injured several others on Saturday, as security forces increased pressure on popular revolt against …
Myanmar coup: Facebook shuts down military’s main page as well-known actor arrested
Lu Min taken from his home on Yangon as demonstrators take to streets in Mandalay after death of two protesters there on Saturday …