Two couples were caned in Indonesia’s staunchly Muslim Aceh province on Friday after being caught having extramarital affairs, a prosecutor said. About two hundred people gathered after Friday prayers to watch the four people receive their allotted lashes at a mosque in the city of Jantho, southeast of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. Sudirman, 43, […]
China is ready to deploy the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops on the China-Burma border, near Mongko Township, in Northern Shan State, Eastern Burma, as construction of a military base camp in the area is close to completion, according to Kachin News Group (KNG). Residents from Mongko Township said that all major buildings have been […]
A team from the China Agricultural University is reporting success after transferring human genes into a herd of 300 dairy cows. The cows now produce milk containing proteins associated with human breast milk. Human milk is beneficial to infants due to its high nutrient concentration. Formula milk offers an alternative to breastfeeding, but critics feel […]
A strong earthquake struck off the southern coast of Indonesia’s Java island early Monday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The quake, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, jolted the southern coast of Central Java at 3:06 am (8:06 pm GMT Sunday). Read more: Ynetnews.com Ynet News
Operators of Japan’s crippled power plant say they will release more than 10,000 tons of contaminated water into the ocean to make room in their storage tanks for water that is even more radioactive. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed the plan at a press conference Monday, saying the step is “unavoidable” to ensure safety. […]
Tonga’s largest criminal trial today ended in the conviction of four men and the state shipping firm over the sinking of MV Princess Ashika. 74 were killed when the ferry went down off Nuku’alofa in 2009. Most bodies remain missing. Only two were recovered, including one Tongan – a 21-year-old mother called Vae Fetu’u Taufa. […]
At least 12 people, including eight foreign employees of the United Nations, have been killed in northern Afghanistan, after a protest against the burning of the Quran turned violent, Afghan police said Friday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned as “cowardly” the attack on the U.N. mission ‘s compound in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. […]
India’s 2011 census reports that its population has increased by 181 million in the space of one decade, a figure 17.6 percent greater than 2001. The census results, publicised today, show the population of India now stands at 1.21 billion. C. Chandramauli, the commissioner of the census, said India’s population represents “over 17 percent of […]
