At least 132 inmates have fled the prison in the city of Kidapawan, Philippines following a gunman attack on Wednesday, local media reported. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — At least one North Cotabato District Jail guard has been killed in the attack which took place at 1:16 a.m. (17:16 GMT Tuesday), CNN Philippines reported. Prison authorities believe […]
Myanmar authorities have arrested three suspects in the murder of a local reporter who was badly beaten and left to die on the side of a highway in the town of Monywa in Sagaing region last December, a local police officer said. Soe Moe Tun, the Monywa-based reporter for Myanmar’s Eleven Media Group who had […]
Another case of bird flu (H7N9 virus strain) infection has been registered in China, media reported on Tuesday. BEIJING (Sputnik) – A 49-year-old man was found to have been infected with the virus in China’s southern province of Guizhou, China National Radio reported, citing local health authorities. This is the 19th case registered in China […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Syrian rebel groups say they are halting preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and Turkey for later this month, BBC News reports. A statement, signed by a number of groups, cited “many big breaches” of the ceasefire by the Syrian government and its allies as the reason. The ceasefire deal was brokered […]
Hundreds of Cambodia’s Cham Muslims assembled on Friday at the Boeung Kak area’s Al-Serkal Mosque where the Phnom Penh city government plans to build a road that will divide the plot of land upon which the mosque sits. The controversial plan for the road has sparked tensions within the Cham Muslim community, with many of […]
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year’s Day that killed 39 people and wounded dozens of others. The IS said in a statement on January 2 that a “soldier of the caliphate” had carried out the attack where “Christians celebrate their […]
Authorities in Kazakhstan say that at least nine people were killed when a residential building in the central town of Shakhan, about 200 kilometers southeast of the capital, Astana, partially collapsed. The Interior Ministry reported that the building collapsed on January 2, but the cause of the disaster has not been determined. Rescue workers continue […]
A ferry caught fire near Jakarta, Indonesia this morning. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said at least 23 had died and at least seventeen remain missing. The Zahro Express caught fire shortly after leaving Muara Angke port in Jakarta. It was heading to Tidung Island, in the Kepulauan Seribu chain. Police said the fire began […]
