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Rescuers have to go door-to-door to relocate villagers by boats
Over two million evacuated from deadly floods in Pakistan
SINGAPORE — More than two million people have been evacuated in Pakistan's Punjab province as floods sweep the country's eastern region, authorities said.Another 150,000 have been evacuated in Sindh province, national disaster management chief Inam Haider Malik told reporters on Thursday, warning that the "number may rise over the coming days".Monsoon rains have killed more than 900 people nationwide since late June, according to an update from the International Medical Corps on Friday.Climate change has worsened floods in Pakistan, as heavy rains cause rivers to overflow. But critics also blame the lack of government investment in disaster mitigation, such as better alert systems and infrastructure.The floods, which have destroyed larges swathes of farms and houses,...
September 12, 2025

Over two million evacuated from deadly floods in Pakistan

Thirty people have been killed in protests over a social media ban in Nepal
Worried migrants head home from India after Nepal turmoil
LUCKNOW – At a bus stand in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, the anxious faces tell their own story.Nepalis who once came to India in search of work are now hurrying back across the border, as the nation reels with its worst unrest in decades. "We are returning home to our motherland," says one man. "We are confused. People are asking us to come back."Earlier this week, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli quit after 30 died in clashes triggered by a social media ban. While the ban was later reversed, Gen Z-led protests raged on. A nationwide curfew is in place, soldiers patrol the streets, and parliament and politicians' homes have been set ablaze. With Oli gone, Nepal has no government in place.For migrants like Saroj Nevarbani, the choice is stark....
September 12, 2025

Worried migrants head home from India after Nepal turmoil

A Korean Air plane has been chartered to bring more than 300 South Korean workers home from the US
South Korea workers detained in US raid head home 
SINGAPORE – More than 300 South Koreans who were detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia last week are due to arrive home on Friday.Their return comes as the country's president and Hyundai's chief executive have warned about the impact of the raid.A chartered Korean Air jet carrying the workers and 14 non-Koreans who were also detained in the raid took off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at midday local time on Thursday (17:00 BST). One South Korean national has reportedly chosen to stay in the US to seek permanent residency.The plane is expected to arrive at Incheon International Airport at about 15:30 Seoul time (07:30 GMT) on Friday.The departure was delayed by more than a day because of an instruction from...
September 12, 2025

South Korea workers detained in US raid head home 

Torrential rains trigger deadly floods in Bali
Bali's worst floods in a decade kill 14
DENPASAR – At least 14 people on Bali in Indonesia have been killed in what officials say are the island's worst floods in a decade.Torrential rains triggered severe flooding across most of the island, causing rivers to burst their banks. The rain has now stopped and water levels are receding but rescuers are still searching for survivors. Two people are missing in Denpasar, where eight of the deaths occurred.Since Tuesday hundreds of residents have been evacuated as their homes were submerged. Major roads have been shut by landslides and at least two bridges damaged."People here were shocked. The flooding was so bad," Bali resident Tasha told BBC News Indonesia. "I thought Bali had adequate drainage."The provincial government has declared a week-long state of...
September 11, 2025

Bali's worst floods in a decade kill 14

Violence has spiralled across Nepal amid anti-corruption protests
Nepal protests 'hijacked', Gen Z claim, as army patrols the streets
KATHMANDU — Nepal's army has deployed patrols on the streets of Kathmandu, as the Himalayan nation reels from its worst unrest in decades.Fierce protests against corruption and nepotism spiralled further on Tuesday into arson and violence. The prime minister resigned as politicians' homes were vandalised, government buildings were set ablaze and parliament was stormed and torched.But the "Gen Z" groups spearheading the protests have distanced themselves from the destruction, saying the movement has been "hijacked by "opportunist" infiltrators.On Wednesday the streets of the capital Kathmandu appeared calm, but smoke was still rising from burning buildings and charred vehicles lay on roads.Nationwide curfews are in place until Thursday morning, the army...
September 10, 2025

Nepal protests 'hijacked', Gen Z claim, as army patrols the streets

Ms Choi, now 79, said she wanted to stand up for other victims who shared her fate
Woman who bit off attacker's tongue acquitted after 61 years
SEOUL — A South Korean woman has been acquitted after a court revisited her decades-old conviction for biting off the tongue of a man during an alleged sexual attack.Choi Mal-ja was 18 when she was convicted of grievous bodily harm and sentenced to 10 months in jail. Her aggressor, who was 21, received a lighter sentence of six months.After a years-long campaign to clear her name, a retrial began in the southern city of Busan in July. In its first hearing, prosecutors apologised to her and, in an unusual move, asked the court to quash the conviction."I could not let this case go unanswered... I [wanted] to stand up for other victims who share the same fate as mine," Ms Choi said after the acquittal.As a teenager back then, the incident changed her fate by "turning [me]...
September 10, 2025

Woman who bit off attacker's tongue acquitted after 61 years

The protests killed at least 19 people and injured more than 100
Nepal's PM quits amid deadly Gen Z protests
KATHMANDU – NNepal's prime minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned as anti-corruption protests escalated in the country's capital Kathmandu. The protesters stormed the parliament building and set fire to several government structures.More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds injured during the youth-led protests sparked by a government ban on social media platforms, widespread corruption, and poor economic opportunities.Security forces unleashed live ammunition, water cannons, and tear gas over protests in several cities, according to news agency Reuters. At least 22 people have been killed, Dr. Mohan Regmi, the executive director at Civil Service Hospital in Kathmandu, said on Tuesday.Hundreds of protesters have broken into Nepal’s parliament building in Kathmandu, with...
September 09, 2025

Nepal's PM quits amid deadly Gen Z protests

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025
Thailand’s top court orders former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail
BANGKOK — Thailand’s top court ordered the influential former prime minister and billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra to prison for one year on Tuesday in a dramatic turn of events for the embattled political titan.Thaksin, 76, a towering and divisive figure, served as prime minister from 2001 until he was ousted in a military coup in 2006. He made a dramatic return to Thailand in 2023 after 15 years in self-imposed exile, and was sentenced to eight years in prison for conflict of interest, abuse of power and corruption during his time in power.Despite the sentence, Thaksin – who once owned Manchester City Football Club – never spent a night in a prison cell. He served his time in a luxury suite at Bangkok’s Police General Hospital after complaining of tightness in his chest, high...
September 09, 2025

Thailand’s top court orders former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail

Protesters gathered at the entrance of parliament
13 dead after protests against Nepal social media ban turn violent
KATHMANDU — At least 13 people have been killed and dozens are injured in Nepal after demonstrations against a government social media ban led to clashes between protesters and security forces.Thousands heeded a call by demonstrators describing themselves as Generation Z to gather near the parliament building in Kathmandu over the decision to ban platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube.Nepal's Minister for Communication Prithvi Subba told the BBC police had had to use force — which included water cannons, batons and firing rubber bullets.The government has said social media platforms need to be regulated to tackle fake news, hate speech and online fraud.But popular platforms such as Instagram have millions of users in Nepal, who rely on them for entertainment, news and...
September 08, 2025

13 dead after protests against Nepal social media ban turn violent

Thomas Callam Phillips and his children were officially reported as missing by family members in December 2021
Police shoot dead fugitive father, find his three children missing for years 
AUCKLAND — A fugitive father who had been hiding with his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness was shot dead in an armed confrontation with police on Monday, leading to his three children being placed in the custody of police, ending a near four-year search for the family.Thomas Phillips and his children – believed to be ages 9, 10 and 12 – had been evading police in a remote part of the country’s North Island since December 2021, triggering a manhunt that gripped the nation.Phillips’ time on the run ended in the early hours of Monday when police responded to a break-in at a farm shop in a tiny rural town and gave chase.A police officer was wounded in the confrontation after being shot in the head at close range with a high-powered rifle, police said.One of the...
September 08, 2025

Police shoot dead fugitive father, find his three children missing for years 

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