Indonesia death toll reaches 55 from floods, 40 missing
The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by the tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia rose to at...
Taiwan transport minister to step down after deadly train crash
Taiwan’s transport minister said on Sunday he would step down after he and the manager of a construction site whose truck slid onto rail...
Myanmar protesters make Easter eggs a symbol of defiance
Opponents of military rule in Myanmar inscribed messages of protest on Easter eggs on Sunday while thousands of others were back on the streets,...
Myanmar protesters take up Easter eggs; junta hunts celebrities
Opponents of military rule in Myanmar made the Easter egg a symbol of defiance on Sunday, posting pictures of eggs with slogans after a...
Myanmar protesters defy crackdown, five killed; junta hunts critics
Myanmar security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests on Saturday killing at least five people, a protester and media said, as the military reinforced...
Vehicle attack raises new questions about US Capitol security
New questions are being raised about security measures around the United States Congress after a vehicular assault on a security checkpoint killed one Capitol Police officer,...
Train crash kills 50 in Taiwan’s deadliest rail tragedy in decades
A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on Friday after hitting a truck that had slid down a bank...
Christians mark Good Friday amid lingering COVID-19 woes
Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday with religious sites open to limited numbers of faithful but none of the mass pilgrimages...
Myanmar protesters urge ‘guerrilla strikes’ as internet blackout widens
Myanmar activists held candle-lit protests overnight and scrambled to find workarounds for a new internet shutdown on Friday, as opponents to the military’s bloody...
Myanmar protesters defy crackdown as U.N. envoy warns of ‘imminent bloodbath’
Myanmar activists held protests across the country overnight two months after the military seized power, as a United Nations special envoy warned that “a...
