Health authorities rushed to set up medical tents and field hospitals in the southern Philippines Tuesday, as the number of infections rose rapidly, two weeks after a national dengue epidemic was declared in the Southeast Asian nation. Almost 800 new dengue causes were reported across the northern part of Mindanao island, the Philippines’ main southern […]
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called for calm on Monday after protesters set fire to a local parliament building in easternmost Papua region during rioting sparked by allegations that police used racist language and beat Papuan students in recent days. Thousands marched in Papua and West Papua provinces, which make up the Indonesian half of […]
GAZA/TEL AVIV, (Sputnik) – At least 14 people have been injured as clashes erupted on the Temple Mount holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem between the Muslim worshipers and Israeli police officers, Palestine Red Crescent spokeswoman Erab Al Fuqaha said on Sunday. “Our ambulance teams delivered 14 people injured in the clashes near […]
Hong Kong has been rocked by yet another weekend of tear gas, baton charges and angry protests amid a deepening confrontation between anti-extradition protesters and the city authorities. Riot police fired multiple rounds of tear gas at “illegal” protests and made arrests in several districts of the city on Sunday, as pro-China thugs attacked anti-extradition […]
A 31-year-old Thai driver using a GPS to tour Hokkaido Island in Japan has been charged after his car collided head-on with another vehicle and injured four women, one of whom was badly hurt. The crash occurred early on Sunday afternoon, according to media reports. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
Eight people were killed and 60 others suffered injuries when an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 shook the Philippines’ northernmost island-province of Batanes at dawn Saturday, disaster relief officials said. The initial temblor struck at around 4:15 a.m., followed by at least 11 aftershocks, with varying magnitudes of between 2.8 to 5.9 on the […]
BEIJING, (Sputnik) – Hong Kong police have fired tear gas at protesters, who were rallying against a now-suspended bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China, local media reported on Saturday. Tear gas was first fired at about 5:20 p.m. local time (09:20 GMT), the South China Morning Post reported. Thousands of protesters earlier in […]
Two Thai workers were killed in South Korea when their passenger carrying 16 people of various nationalities skidded off a mountain road en route to a farm, the Korean Times reported on Monday. Initial reports indicate that the two Thais, whose identities have not yet been released, the van driver and another passenger of unknown […]
