A woman in Indonesia ended up collapsing and passing out after receiving 100 lashes for engaging in pre-marital sex. According to the Daily Mail, the flogging was delivered in public in the city of Lhokseumawe on Monday, with the woman’s male lover also receiving 100 lashes, with the “Sharia law punishment” being administered by the […]
Numerous Southeast Asian countries, such as Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, are actively working to obtain COVID-19 vaccines from different sources. Myanmar is currently negotiating the purchase of seven million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, instead of two million doses as before, General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the country’s Armed […]
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore has stood out as one of the countries that has best managed the coronavirus pandemic. Now, it seems that they are the first to understand what awaits us from now on. As reported by the Australian portal News.com.au, Singapore has declared that COVID-19 will now be treated like other endemic […]
Turkish police riot units on Saturday dispersed a march of hundreds of people who were trying to celebrate, as the LGBT rights movement do every year, the “Istanbul Pride” in the center of Istanbul. “The streets are ours” was the slogan of the call, which denounces the growing hostility in Turkey against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, […]
MANILA, June 21, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Seas have acquired unparalleled importance in modern times owing to their trade routes and rich resource base. The territorial claims of sovereignty over the various unclaimed and disputed regions are thus on the rise fueling further conflict, friction and chances of the potential outbreak of violence. The […]
Six bombs exploded in three different locations in Myanmar’s largest city Yangon today, including at the headquarters of a political party backed by the country’s military, witnesses told RFA. A Yangon rescue official told Reuters that two of the bombs killed two people and injured five others. Bomb attacks have occurred frequently as people across […]
The Knesset convened earlier today to hold a confidence vote on the new coalition government. Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel’s largest opposition party Yesh Atid, was given a mandate to form a coalition last month, after acting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu missed the deadline. Naftali Bennett, leader of the right-wing Yamina party, has become […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – At least 11 people were killed and over 140 were injured in a gas explosion in the Chinese province of Hubei, China Central Television reports. The explosion occurred on the territory of a residential complex in the city of Shiyan at 6:30 a.m. local time on Sunday (22:30 GMT on Saturday). According […]
