People in the city of Kizlyar in the Russian republic of Dagestan came under fire while returning from the church service amid the celebration of Maslenitsa, a traditional Russian folk holiday. A shooter opened fire at people on Sunday, killing at least four and injuring five more, a source in the law enforcement agencies told […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian plane with 66 passengers flying from capital Tehran to the city of Yasouj crashed in central Iran on Sunday morning. The ATR plane operated by Aseman Airlines disappeared from radar screens some 20 minutes after take-off from Tehran. Emergency service officials say the aircraft is believed to have crashed around […]
CAMBODIAN and Thai police raided three places in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville on Friday day and arrested six Taiwanese, 26 Thais and five Cambodians for allegedly being involved in a call-centre scam. The Thai side of the joint operation was led by Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakparn, deputy Tourism Police commander and chief operation of the […]
Four children were among at least nine people killed in heavy rain and flooding caused by a tropical storm in the southern Philippines, disaster relief officials said Wednesday. Tropical Storm Sanba slammed into the east coast of southern Mindanao island Tuesday morning, churning winds of 55 kph (34 mph) and gusts of up to 75 […]
The body of a Thai migrant worker who killed himself in South Korea will be returned to Thailand on Thursday (Feb 15). According to labour officials, the body of Wansin Boonklang, a resident of Krasang district in Buri Ram, will be returned and arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport at 2am on Thursday. Full story: thaipbs.or.th By […]
On Wednesday, an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani city of Haripur sentenced one man to death, and five others to life imprisonment, for killing 23-year-old Mashal Khan in a mob violence incident last year. 57 out of 61 verdicts were announced, which took place behind closed doors for security reasons, and about 250 police officials […]
A diplomat from Indonesia and a local rights group urged Malaysian authorities Monday to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of an Indonesian maid who suffered injuries and, according to a neighbor, was forced to sleep outside with the family’s dog. Police in the northern Malaysian state of Penang, where maid Adelina Lisao worked, […]
Police shot and wounded a sword-wielding man who attacked a church congregation during Mass on Sunday in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province, injuring five people including a German priest, according to local authorities who said they had not determined a motive. The suspect and the five others who were wounded at the St. Lidwina Church in Slemen […]
