Landslides in India’s Kerala kill at least 36, hundreds feared trapped
Landslides in India triggered by pounding monsoon rains have killed at least 36 people with hundreds more feared trapped under mud and debris, officials said on Tuesday.
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William Calley, the only American convicted for Vietnam war My Lai massacre, dead at 80
William Calley, a former US Army lieutenant convicted of war crimes in a Vietnam-era tragedy called the My Lai massacre, has died at age 80, according to media reports.
Two Japanese climbers have gone missing while trying to scale K2 in Pakistan, officials say
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two Japanese climbers went missing on Saturday while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain in northern Pakistan, officials said, the fourth such incident in less than two months.
Ethnic armed groups in Myanmar claim capture of regional military headquarters and gem mining center
BANGKOK (AP) — Ethnic armed groups claimed on Thursday to have captured two strategically important towns in northeastern Myanmar: Lashio, which houses the major regional military headquarters, and Mogok, the center of the country’s lucrative gem-mining industry.
Major Myanmar regional military HQ captured, rebels say
(Reuters) -- A rebel army in Myanmar said on Thursday it had seized control of a major regional military headquarters near the border with China, in what could be the biggest recent defeat for a ruling junta that is battling to contain a widening revolt.
A prominent Myanmar Christian leader is released from prison for a second time in 4 months
BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority was released from prison earlier this week, a member of a Kachin peace organization said Wednesday.
Malaysia evacuates 123 citizens and students from Bangladesh amid violent protests
Malaysia evacuated 123 of its citizens from Bangladesh on Tuesday in response to violent unrest that has killed dozens of people.
Bangladesh accepts court ruling to cut state job quotas after unrest, eases curfew
The Bangladesh government said on Tuesday it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that 93 per cent of state jobs be open to competition, meeting a key demand of students after a week of some of the country’s deadliest protests in years.