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Fifty-four people injured in mosque blast at Jakarta high school
JAKARTA — Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a high school complex in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.Fifty-four people were admitted to hospital, city police chief Asep Edi Suheri told a televised news conference, with the injuries ranging from minor to serious and including burns.Authorities said three people had suffered serious injuries and 17 others came away with minor injuries. Others have been treated and discharged, local media reports.The Jakarta Metropolitan Police is now investigating the cause of the explosion at the site in Kelapa Gading, a district in North Jakarta, with a bomb disposal team deployed to the search area.Images from the scene show bystanders watching on as military personnel cordon off and guard the...
November 07, 2025

Fifty-four people injured in mosque blast at Jakarta high school

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) soldiers help transport and set up bear traps in Kazuno City, Akita prefecture, on November 5, 2025. Portions of this photo were blurred by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Facing a spike in deadly bear attacks, Japan turns to the military and drones that bark
TOKYO — When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – one with fuzzy ears and up to 220 pounds of mass.This mountainous region is known for its lush forests, lakes and valleys – and for being a hotspot for this year’s deadly bear attacks in Japan.“The situation has already surpassed what the prefecture and municipalities can handle on their own, and exhaustion on the ground is reaching its limit,” said Akita Gov. Kenta Suzuki in an Instagram post last month.It’s a national problem, fueled by the climate crisis and habitat change. Across Japan, at least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 injured since April this year, according to government figures – some of the highest numbers since...
November 07, 2025

Facing a spike in deadly bear attacks, Japan turns to the military and drones that bark

Lindsay Sandiford, pictured here in 2013, was repatriated on humanitarian grounds
British grandmother flies home after 12 years on Indonesian death row
LONDON — A British grandmother who spent 12 years on death row in Indonesia after being convicted of drug trafficking flew home on Friday, as part of a deal between the UK and Indonesian governments.Lindsay Sandiford, 69, was sentenced to death on the island of Bali in 2013, after she was found with nearly 5kg of cocaine worth £1.6m ($2.1m) when she arrived on a flight from Thailand in 2012.Indonesia has some of the world's most stringent drug laws, but it has freed several high-profile detainees, including the infamous "Bali Nine" drug ring, in the past year.Sandiford was repatriated along with another British national Shahab Shahabadi, who had been serving a life sentence for drug smuggling.Their flight left Bali at about 00:30 local time (16:30 GMT Thursday), Indonesian...
November 07, 2025

British grandmother flies home after 12 years on Indonesian death row

More airlines are banning the use and charging of power banks during flights
Man catches fire after power bank overheats at Melbourne airport lounge
SYDNEY — A man has caught fire at Melbourne international airport after a lithium power bank in his pocket ignited, leaving him with burns to his leg and fingers.The man, aged in his 50s, was in the Qantas business lounge on Thursday morning when the overheated power bank burst into flames, filling the exclusive area with smoke and prompting about 150 people to be evacuated.Staff quickly helped the man into a shower before paramedics arrived to treat his injuries. He was taken to hospital in a stable condition and later released.A witness said they saw "battery acid flying everywhere," according to the Age newspaper. A Qantas spokesperson said the lounge was cleaned and re-opened two hours later.Australian film producer Leanne Tonkes was in the lounge on Thursday morning when she heard...
November 07, 2025

Man catches fire after power bank overheats at Melbourne airport lounge

Voters are casting their ballots for 243 seats in a two-phase election to choose the next state government
Modi's party faces test in crucial Indian state election
DELHI — Brisk voting is being reported in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where more than 74 million people are eligible to vote in a crucial election that will be a precursor to several key state polls.Voters are casting their ballots for 243 seats in a two-phase election to choose the next state government. Counting of votes is scheduled for 14 November.The election comes after a controversial revision of electoral rolls that the opposition alleged would exclude genuine voters and give an edge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The BJP and India's Election Commission have denied these allegations.Long queues were witnessed through the day outside the polling stations in all the 18 districts where voting was being held on Thursday. The second and...
November 06, 2025

Modi's party faces test in crucial Indian state election

A drone view shows cars piled up after being swept away in floods brought on by Typhoon Kalmaegi which piled up at a subdivision in Bacayan, Cebu City, Philippines, on November 5, 2025
Deadly typhoon heads for Vietnam after leaving trail of death and devastation in Philippines
MANILA/HANOI — Typhoon Kalmaegi left a trail of death and devastation as it tore through the central Philippines this week, reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble and displacing tens of thousands of people.The storm was the deadliest typhoon to hit the country this year, killing at least 114 people, with many more reported missing — most in Cebu province, a tourist hotspot.Residents have begun the mammoth task of salvaging belongings and digging through the thick mud and debris of their destroyed homes, as the receding floodwaters expose widespread devastation.But Typhoon Kalmaegi still poses a threat as it moves over the South China Sea toward Vietnam’s coast. The storm has strengthened into the equivalent of a Category 4 Hurricane and is expected to hit central Vietnam Thursday...
November 06, 2025

Deadly typhoon heads for Vietnam after leaving trail of death and devastation in Philippines

Raymond Koh has been missing for eight years since he was abducted
Wife of abducted Malaysian pastor wins landmark lawsuit against state
KUALA LUMPUR — The wife of a Malaysian pastor abducted eight years ago has won a lawsuit against the police and the government, in a landmark case that has gripped the nation.Raymond Koh was pulled out of his car by masked men in a suburb of the capital Kuala Lumpur in 2017. His whereabouts remain unknown — his family has long maintained he was taken by police.On Wednesday, the high court ruled he had been forcibly disappeared, with the judge holding the government and police responsible for his abduction. It is Malaysia's first such judgement.The court also ruled the state must pay at least 31m ringgit (£5.7m; $7.4m) in damages, which would likely benefit Mr Koh's family. The final sum is set to be the largest in Malaysian legal history.In an emotional speech following the...
November 06, 2025

Wife of abducted Malaysian pastor wins landmark lawsuit against state

Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, is known for his satirical and profanity-laced music
Controversial rapper Namewee held over influencer's death
SINGAPORE — Controversial Malaysian rapper Namewee has been remanded in custody in connection with the death of a Taiwanese influencer found dead in a Kuala Lumpur hotel bathtub two weeks ago.Police say Namewee, 42, was the last person seen with 31-year-old Iris Hsieh, according to reports. She was in Malaysia to discuss a commercial video Namewee had agreed to direct, her social media manager told the BBC.Namewee, who denies charges of illegal drug use and possession for which he was granted bail, is now back in custody to "assist in the investigation", police said after reclassifying her death as murder.He turned himself in early on Wednesday, his lawyer said, and has been put on remand for six days.The case has gone through many twists in the last few days.According to Malaysian media...
November 06, 2025

Controversial rapper Namewee held over influencer's death

Residents survey what is salvageable in the debris of destroyed homes as countless houses have been reduced to rubble due to flooding caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi, in Biasong, Cebu Province, Philippines
At least 114 dead as Philippines reels from Typhoon Kalmaegi
MANILA — The death toll from flooding caused by one of the strongest typhoons this year in the central Philippines has risen to at least 114, authorities said on Thursday.Typhoon Kalmaegi has flooded entire towns on Cebu, the region's most populous island, where 71 deaths were reported. Another 127 are missing and 82 injured, officials said.Cebu provincial authorities reported an additional 28 deaths, which were not included in the tally released by the national civil defence office, according to AFP news agency.Kalmaegi left the Philippines on Thursday morning and is currently moving toward central Vietnam, where residents are still reeling from floods that have already killed dozens of people.Most of the deaths were due to drowning, reports said. The storm sent torrents of muddy...
November 06, 2025

At least 114 dead as Philippines reels from Typhoon Kalmaegi

Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister
In Mamdani's New York win, India's Nehru finds an echo
DELHI — "A moment comes but rarely in history when we step out from the old to the new," Zohran Mamdani told a jubilant crowd in New York on Wednesday — quoting India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's midnight speech of 1947, when the country awoke to freedom."When an age ends and the soul of a nation finds utterance. Tonight we step out from the old to the new," Mamdani continued.As Mamdani wrapped up his victory speech, the title track from the 2004 Bollywood hit Dhoom rang out across the hall — followed by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind, now pulsing with new meaning as New York's first Indian-origin mayor made history.Months earlier, Mamdani had turned Bollywood into campaign language, a nod to his South Asian roots — his mother is...
November 05, 2025

In Mamdani's New York win, India's Nehru finds an echo

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