The Pigeon Express
An exhausted elephant has reportedly ripped his owner in half using his tusks in the Thai province of Phang Nga after being forced to work under hot weather. Officers from Takua Thung Police Station responded to a call about the elephant owner’s death at around 11:30am on Wednesday at a rubber plantation in the Tha […]
Climbers hoping to reach the top of the world’s second highest mountain, and one of its deadliest, have been warned of overcrowding at the summit. It comes after Mingma Gyabu, a record-breaking mountaineer and rescue climber videoed queues of climbers snaking up the mountain. Dozens of mountaineers tailed-back on a section of ice known as […]
Sri Lanka has suspended sales of fuel for non-essential vehicles as it faces its worst economic crisis in decades. For the next two weeks only buses, trains and vehicles used for medical services and transporting food will be allowed to fill up with fuel. Schools in urban areas have shut and officials have told the […]
Sri Lanka’s military have opened fire to quell rioting at a fuel station, officials say, as unprecedented queues for petrol and diesel were seen across the bankrupt country. Troops fired in Visuvamadu, 365km north of Colombo on Saturday night as their guard point was pelted with stones, army spokesperson Nilantha Premaratne said. “A group of […]
North Koreans were treated to a Hollywood-style movie, with dramatic music and video effects, starring Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in a leather jacket and dark glasses. State-run television North Korean Central Television usually broadcasts Kim family propaganda, alongside military band concerts and feature films about patriotism and feats of labour. Anything away from this deviates. The […]
Dozens of protesters, mostly women, gathered close to Taliban’s Ministry of Education on Saturday demanding reopening of girl’s secondary schools. The Taliban has been condemned for ordering them to close, just hours after teenage pupils began to arrive for the start of the new academic year. The protesters chanted, “Education is our right! Open the doors […]
Indonesia is moving to upgrade its ageing airforce fleet with multi-billion dollar orders for advanced fighters jets from France and the United States, amid increasing tension in the Asia Pacific. The agreement for 42 French Rafale fighters was announced as Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto met his French counterpart Florence Parly in Jakarta. Subianto confirmed […]
One of the last public memorials in Hong Kong to those killed in the Tiananmen protests has been covered up. The calligraphy painted on the pavement of a bridge paid tribute to the pro-democracy protesters killed by Chinese authorities in Beijing in 1989. It was covered with metal on Saturday by the University of Hong […]
Millions of people were left for hours without electricity on Tuesday when a huge power blackout hit cities in three Central Asian countries. Areas of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were affected when a shared power line was disconnected. It caused traffic jams, airport delays and other public transport disruptions across the ex-Soviet nations. The blackout […]
A fight and a fire at a nightclub in Indonesia’s West Papua province have left at least 19 people dead. One person was stabbed to death but the other victims were trapped by the fire that broke out at the Double O club in Sorong city, officials said. It is unclear how the fire began […]
At least seven people have been killed in a bomb blast on a minibus in the western Afghan city of Herat, officials said. “Four women were among the seven killed,” the head of Herat’s provincial hospital, Arif Jalali told AFP on Saturday. Herat’s Taliban commander Mawlawi Ansari told Reuters news agency that nine people had […]
One of the world’s most influential Buddhist monks, Thich Nhat Hanh, has died in Vietnam at the age of 95, his Zen teaching organisation said in a statement. The master of meditation “passed away peacefully” at the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism said. “We invite our beloved global […]