Category: 2. World

PADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia — Indonesia’s president told survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000…

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

In a ruling on Monday, a judge…

PADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia (AP) — Recovery and aid efforts are underway in parts of Southeast Asia and South Asia where the full number of dead and missing are not yet known after heavy rains and…

US authorities believe the Afghan immigrant accused of ambushing National Guard members in Washington, DC, was not radicalized until after he came to the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said…

It is clear now that the ceasefire in Gaza is only a “reducefire”. The onslaught continues. There are near-daily attacks on the territory. On a single day at the end of October, almost 100 Palestinians were killed. On 19 November, 32 were…

Since Hasina’s regime was overturned, prosecutors in Bangladesh have launched a number of wide-ranging legal cases against the former leader, her past associates and family members.

The trial involving Siddiq – who quit as a Treasury minister in…

One of the worst-affected areas is Aceh province on Sumatra island.

The death toll is currently 96 with 75 people still missing,…