Opposition parties enforce strike in Bangladesh
Associated Press |
posted 15 minutes ago
Police say opposition activists have set off homemade bombs and smashed several vehicles in Bangladesh's capital as they enforce a general strike demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign before general elections.
Suspected rebels kill 28, wound 24 in east India
Ashok Sharma, Associated Press |
posted 47 minutes ago
About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in the country's east, killing at least 28 people and wounding 24 others, police said.
14 killed in new anti-terror Philippine offensive
Jim Gomez, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 9:56pm
At least 14 Philippine marines and Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash in a new U.S.-backed offensive aimed at rescuing six foreign and Filipino hostages and stopping the al-Qaida-linked gunmen from staging more kidnappings in the country's south, a military commander said Sunday.
16 children, 1 teacher die in Pakistan bus fire
Zaheer Babar, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 8:30am
Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to burst into flames, police said.
Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected
Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 8:04am
An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected about 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday.
Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital
Rahim Faiez, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 7:46am
A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers.
2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 6:34am
Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.
Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital
Ahmad Seir, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 6:28am
Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.
Ex-sex slave says Japan mayor's remark 'absurd'
Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 6:01am
A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd."
NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president
Louise Watt, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 8:15pm
A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions.
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