YANGON, Oct 20 (APP/AFP): A total of 72 people died when an overloaded ferry sank in central Myanmar, local officials said Thursday, calling for an overhaul of the creaking boats that ply the river as the search effort ended. Scores of teachers, students and workers were packed into the crowded boat when it capsized in […]
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Calls for overhaul after 72 die in Myanmar ferry disaster
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Indonesian militants jailed over deadly Jakarta attack
JAKARTA, Oct 20, (APP/AFP) – An Indonesian Islamic State group supporter was jailed for 10 years on Thursday for helping make a bomb used in a deadly attack in Jakarta, as the country faces an increase in IS-linked assaults. Dodi Suridi, 23, was found guilty of committing an act of terror over his links to […]
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Angry Philippine police chief suspends officers
MANILA, Oct 20, (APP/AFP) – The Philippines’ national police chief on Thursday suspended dozens of officers involved in violent clashes with anti-US protesters, as he voiced anger at one of his men ramming activists with a van. At the rally outside the US embassy in Manila on Wednesday, the van reversed quickly into dozens of […]
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Nepal suspends anti-corruption chief
KATHMANDU, Oct 20, (APP/AFP) – The head of Nepal’s anti-corruption commission has been suspended after lawmakers accused him of abusing his position and lodged a motion to impeach him, a parliament spokesman said Thursday. Lokman Singh Karki has headed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) since 2013 and was a controversial […]
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EU leaders threaten sanctions against Syrian regime supporters
BRUSSELS, Oct 20, (APP/AFP) – EU leaders are weighing sanctions against supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime if they fail to stop atrocities, according to a draft summit statement that appears to target Russia. “The EU is considering all options, including further restrictive measures targeting individuals and entities supporting the regime, should the current […]
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We don’t know if Mars lander ‘survived’: ESA
PARIS, Oct 20, (APP/AFP) – Mission controllers were in the dark Thursday about the fate of Europe’s tiny “Schiaparelli” craft, despatched to the surface of Mars after a seven-year, 496 million-kilometre (308 million-mile) journey from Earth. “We are not in a position yet to determine the dynamic condition at which the lander touched the ground” […]