22 people have been killed in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and a women’s cricket match has been interrupted due to lightning strikes during thunderstorms on Sunday. Most of the casualties were farmers, who worked in their fields despite the thunderstorms. Officials blamed a low pressure system over the Bay of Bengal for causing […]
A fishing boat has capsized off of South Korea’s southern coast, killing at least ten passengers. At least three people survived the accident. The vessel lost contact with another boat on Saturday, and was found yesterday near the island of Jejudo. The capsized vessel, the 9.8 tonne Dolphin, had 22 people on its passenger list. […]
VIENTIANE, 5 September 2015 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Embassy in Vientiane has offered an apology to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for the improper behavior of some Thai football fans during a match in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-19 Champion Ship 2015. The Royal Thai Embassy has offered an apology to the Lao […]
Yesterday the Dutch Defence Ministry said a Dutch sergeant, whose identity was not disclosed, may have gone to Syria from the Netherlands because he wanted to join extremist militant group ISIS. Prosecutors are investigating the sergeant. Jeanie Hennis Plasschaer, Dutch Defence Minister, called the act of leaving one’s country to join ISIS “irresponsible” and “punishable”. […]
The richest countries in the Middle East have offered zero resettlement places to Syrian refugees and closed their borders to them. Interesting posts by Julie Lenarz on Twitter who posted a cartoon criticizing their inaction. #Refugees welcomed by: Saudi… 0 Kuwait… 0 Qatar… 0 Emirates… 0 Bahrain… 0 #somuchfortheummah pic.twitter.com/ftvHQGKDnT — Julie Lenarz (@MsIntervention) September 3, 2015 In another tweet she […]
Late Monday’s blast at a chemical plant in the Chinese city of Dongying, in the eastern province of Shandong, killed at least five people, local authorities said Wednesday. MOSCOW, (Sputnik) — The most recent chemical blast occurred at about 23:22 p.m. local time (15:22 GMT), according to the Xinhua news agency. Read more: sputniknews.com
An estimated crowd of 100,000 people gathered over the weekend in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur in support of Bersih 4, a political movement calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who is implicated in a corruption scandal. Bersih, which means “clean” in the local language of Bahasa, was organized to push […]
Parts of the Indian state of Gujarat have been under curfew since Tuesday. At least seven are reported dead, with over 100 buses and dozens of police stations burned, after protests over job quotas turned violent in several major cities including Ahmedabad, Surat, and Rajkot. The violence is thought to have started after a brief […]
