Malaysia to issue guidelines on workplace bullying after suspected doctor suicide
Tay Tien Yaa, 30, was found dead on August 29 in her rented house in the rural district of Lahad Datu in Sabah state in Malaysian Borneo.
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Gunmen kill 7 people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Gunmen fatally shot at least seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir and injured at least five others, officials said on Monday.
In India, Some Doctors Go on Hunger Strike to Protest Killing of Colleague
More than two dozen doctors in India have been on an indefinite hunger strike for nearly two weeks, one of many nationwide protests demanding a safer work environment set off by the rape and killing of a medical resident in August.
The bodies of 5 Russian climbers who died on a Nepal peak have been retrieved
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The bodies of five Russian mountaineers who died on the world’s seventh-highest peak were retrieved from the mountain Wednesday and flown to Kathmandu.
Violence-hit Pakistan locks down the capital to hold a major Asian security meeting
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Shaken by multiple recent militant attacks, Pakistani authorities have locked down the capital in a major security move before senior officials from several nations arrive for an Asian security group meeting.
Japan yakuza member arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud after cutting off own finger
A senior member of one of Japan’s most feared “yakuza” underworld gangs has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding the health insurance system after claiming he lost a finger in an industrial accident – only for it later to emerge that he had cut the finger off himself.
Pilot of helicopter that crashed on Australian hotel roof was affected by alcohol, probe finds
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pilot killed when a helicopter crashed on the roof of an Australian hotel two months ago was affected by alcohol and was not qualified to fly at night, an investigation concluded.