At least 21 people have been killed after a bus fell off a bridge in central India. The driver had fallen asleep at the wheel, authorities reported Tuesday. The accident…
Iran has arrested suspects for the first time in its investigation into the mass poisoning of schoolgirls. Deputy Interior Minister Majid Mirahmadi told state media the arrests occurred in five…
An earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Java on Monday. At least 162 people were killed, and at least 700 were injured. The death toll is expected to rise. Aftershocks…
Stock markets in Asia and Australia mostly fell sharply on Friday. Following on from the US markets, concerns about higher interest rates and the approaching debt ceiling for the United…
In Afghanistan, Taliban rebels have now also captured the border town of Wesh in Spin Boldak district. That is one of the main border crossings with Pakistan. In recent weeks,…
The Hong Kong stock exchange lost ground on the first trading day of May on Monday. Investors mainly kept an eye on the corona situation in India, where the number…
The sunken Indonesian submarine will be salvaged. The authorities in the Asian country confirmed this on Friday. They think the deceased crew is still in the craft. The KRI…
At least 15 people were killed, and hundreds were injured in a massive fire in a slum-built refugee camp in Bangladesh. Nothing is yet known about the fate of…
Indonesia stops searching for victims of the recent plane crash with 62 dead. The search for the second black box of Sriwijaya Air’s Boeing 737-500 continues. The plane crashed…
Tensions in Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia are mounting now that the president has announced the deployment of troops to restore order in the capital Bishkek. There is restlessness there…