SINGAPORE: Following a dramatic rescue involving motorists and the police on a busy expressway, a pet dog was reunited with his tearful owner a day after he escaped. Footage of the incident circulating on social media shows Katsu the Italian greyhound running along the expressway on the morning of Dec 1, with car drivers and motorcyclists...
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Eleven climbers were found dead in Indonesia on Monday following the eruption of the Marapi volcano in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as a search to find 12 more missing was temporarily halted over safety concerns. Three survivors were found on Monday along with the bodies of the 11 climbers, among 75 in...
A 63-year-old man was charged with six counts of sexual assault in the alleged attacks of four women between 2004 and 2008, Colorado officials said. Christopher Jackson’s home in Littleton was searched by police in February after the Colorado Internet Crimes Against Children unit linked his Internet provider address to a pornography upload, according to a Nov 30...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Ten of the world's top development banks pledged to step up their climate efforts at the COP28 summit, yet failed to say anything about halting financing for fossil fuel projects, a document seen by Reuters showed. In a statement to be announced at the event in Dubai, the group, including the World Bank...
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said on Saturday it would consider any interference with its satellite operations a declaration of war and would mobilise its war deterrence if any attack against its strategic assets were imminent. Pyongyang would respond to any U.S. interference in space by eliminating the viability of U.S. spy satellites, state media KCNA reported,...
HANOI: Trafficking victims held against their will in Myanmar and forced to work in scamming operations are being forced to sell their organs if they don't meet quotas, a charity in Vietnam said Thursday (Nov 30). At least 120,000 people are being held in compounds in the country, according to the UN human rights office, and...
AT least three boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees set sail from Bangladesh this week, the latest in a wave of migrations that has seen more than 1,000 asylum seekers arrive on Indonesian shores. Bangladesh is home to around one million Rohingya refugees, most of whom fled a violent 2017 crackdown by the Myanmar military that...
MELAKA: The competition to unveil the most interesting Christmas decorations among hotels here has begun. One hotelier even flew to London to get inspiration and order ornaments in a bid to create Yuletide fairyland vibes. Shah Beach Resort's general manager Dennis Samford said he made a trip overseas to look for hand-painted Christmas art, toy soldiers and...
RAMALLAH (Bernama-Anadolu): The first batch of 39 Palestinian prisoners was released from the Israeli Ofer prison in the west of Ramallah, as part of the Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange deal. Anadolu Agency (AA) reported that Israel and Hamas on Friday (Nov 24) conducted the first prisoner exchange since the start of the conflict on Oct 7. Under the...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A tunnel which collapsed, trapping 41 workers in the Indian Himalayas this month, did not have an emergency exit and was built through a geological fault, a member of a panel of experts investigating the disaster said on Friday. Rescuers are still struggling to reach the construction workers 12 days after the...
