The investigators involved in the MH17 case did not find any other weapons that could have downed the plane other than the Buk missile system, Dutch Prosecutor Manon Ridderbeks said on Tuesday. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam crashed on 17 July 2014, in eastern Ukraine, where the government was […]
There are 24 confirmed dead after a fire broke out in a psychiatric clinic in an eight-story multiple tenant building in Osaka, Japan, according to local media. Police are investigating arson as the possible cause. A fire consumed the building – which houses a mental health clinic, among other businesses – near the busy Kitashinchi […]
Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) blew out of the Philippines on Friday but left a trail of devastation and at least a dozen deaths, according to officials, while independent reports warned that the toll could go higher. The storm, known locally as Odette, brought heavy damage to Cagayan de Oro, a province on southern Mindanao Island, […]
BANGKOK (Sputnik) – Ten people are feared drowned and 29 others believed missing in a tragic migrant boat accident near the beach of Tanjung Balau in the Malaysian state of Johor, the local rescue service said on Wednesday, adding that about 21 migrants have been pulled to safety by rescuers. “The bodies of four women […]
A military court sentenced deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison Monday over incitement and breaches of COVID-19 laws, which the junta chief reduced to two years of house arrest – a ruling condemned by the U.S. that rights groups said was aimed at ending the Nobel laureate’s political career. […]
Five people have been killed after security forces in Myanmar rammed an SUV into a crowd of anti-coup protesters in the Southeast Asian country’s largest city Yangon, local media have reported. Dozens took part in the march early on Sunday, with people chanting slogans, carrying portraits of Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and […]
Some 41 people suffered burn injuries following an eruption of the Semeru volcano in Indonesia, Reuters reported, citing Indah Masdar the deputy chief of the Lumajang district. Budi Santosa, head of the Disaster Management of East Java Province, said his team is now trying to conduct evacuations in the area near the volcano, while preparing […]
A bomb was found attached to the undercarriage of a police officer’s private car who had been assigned to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s program in Siirt. The bomb was identified when a friend of the officer noticed something under his car. Further investigation revealed a bomb and prompted an investigation and the assistance of […]
