Blast at police headquarters in Indonesia’s Medan
JAKARTA
A suspected suicide bomb attack early Wednesday at police headquarters in the Indonesian city of Medan in North Sumatra has left at least one dead.
Brigadier General Dedi Prasetyo, head...
COVID-19: New Zealand, Australia widen restrictions
New Zealand decided to lockdown country from Wednesday night
'Bangladesh should take in stranded Rohingya boats'
DHAKA, Bangladesh
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged Bangladeshi authorities to allow Rohingya refugees stranded in the Bay of Bengal for weeks to come ashore.
“The Bangladesh government should immediately...
Indian stimulus package based on self-reliance
NEW DELHI, India
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman provided a breakdown Thursday of a $270 billion stimulus package announced earlier in the week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which sets...
Asia-Pacific health workers hit hard by COVID-19
LAHORE, Pakistan
With their numbers increasing daily, thousands of health workers across the Asia-Pacific region are risking their lives while curbing the spread of COVID-19.
According to data compiled by Anadolu...
New Zealand mosque gunman to represent himself in court
ANKARA
The gunman behind the 2019 mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand sacked his lawyers and chose to represent himself for sentencing next month, state media reported on Monday.
Brenton Tarrant,...
India's GDP shrinks by nearly one-fourth
NEW DELHI
India's economy contracted by nearly a quarter from April to June, when the country went into complete lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to...
Two earthquakes jolt northeastern Japan
TOKYO, Japan
Two earthquakes of magnitudes 6.1 and 5 struck Saturday off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture, the country's meteorological agency reported.
The agency said the quakes occurred around 11.44 a.m. and 11.50...
Vietnam enters third wave of business reforms
JAKARTA, Indonesia
A Vietnamese top official said his country was entering the third wave of reform to slash at least 20% of business regulations in the next five years, local...
Afghan health minister ‘resigns’ amid corruption charges
KABUL, Afghanistan
Afghanistan's health minister has resigned in connection with a corruption scandal involving his brother and a number of other relatives, the country’s presidency said on Thursday.
Dawa Khan Menapal,...