President Tayyip Erdogan pulled Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women, the government said on Saturday, prompting protests and criticism from those who said it was necessary to tackle rising domestic violence, reported Reuters. The Council of Europe accord, called the Istanbul Convention, pledged to prevent, prosecute and eliminate domestic violence and […]
Police in Myanmar Friday arrested two journalists covering the trial of a civilian official ousted in last month’s military takeover as brutal crackdowns on anti-coup protests killed at least 10, sources in Myanmar told RFA. Aung Thura of the BBC’s Burmese-language service and Than Htike Aung from a local news agency were at a courthouse […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Residents in the outskirts of Sydney are told to evacuate as floodwater levels continue to rise in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) region, the State Emergency Service (SES) said on Sunday. “‼️FLOOD EVACUATION ORDER WESTERN PART OF JAMISONTOWN. Evacuate by 9pm Sunday 21 March 2021 using the Great Western Highway Evacuation Route,” […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Overseas fans will be barred from this year’s pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics because of continuing coronavirus concerns. The decision was announced after an online meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Japanese government, the Tokyo government, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and local organizers. “In order to give clarity to […]
Seven people have died in Aungban town, southern Shan State, on Friday as more than 100 police and soldiers confronted anti-coup protesters. Another died of their wounds having been taken to a nearby hospital in Kalaw. On Friday morning, a strong police presence arrived in Aungban as demonstrators began to gather in the town to […]
An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck off the coast of Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture on Saturday evening, prompting the local meteorological agency to briefly issue a tsunami advisory. The quake struck northeastern Japan at around 6pm local time. Japan’s Meteorological Agency put the power of the quake at 7.2, saying it happened at a depth of […]
An intensified crackdown has made a war zone out of suburbs of Myanmar’s largest city, which were put under martial law early this week, with soldiers shooting protesters on sight and workers facing starvation, witnesses and aid workers said Wednesday as the regime pulled the plug on the country’s last independent newspaper. Security personnel have […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A heavy dust storm hit Mongolia over the weekend, leaving six people killed, including one child, and over 80 people missing, media reported on Monday, citing authorities. According to the CGTN news broadcaster, Mongolia’s emergency department received reports of 548 missing people in total during the weekend, 467 of whom were found. […]
