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Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter came down in Pecatu village on the southern side of Bali after it was entangled in a kite stringTwo Australians and three Indonesians have survived a tourist helicopter crash in Bali after it became entangled in a kite …
Department of Homeland Security says it plans more such ‘large charter flights’, sparking concerns for safety of migrants escaping poverty or repressionThe US has sent back 116 Chinese migrants in the first such “large charter flight” in five years, th…
Filipino sailor lost a thumb when coastguards rammed and boarded boats ‘with knives and spears’ in South China SeaThe Philippines has accused China’s coastguard of piracy in the disputed South China Sea after a violent confrontation in which it says it…
Beverley McLachlin’s decision comes after British judge Lord Sumption quit court of final appeal, condemning ‘impossible political environment’A former chief justice of Canada’s supreme court has announced she is stepping down from Hong Kong’s court of…
Former armed forces chief was imprisoned after failed revolt against junta and later campaigned with Nobel laureate under National League for Democracy bannerTin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and co-fou…
Emergency workers give up hope of finding survivors of Friday’s landslide as tribal warfare threatens rescue effortMore than 670 people are believed to have been killed in a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, the UN migration agency has said, as em…
Philippines coast guard and navy watch as wooden boats head to Scarborough shoal to place buoys and hand food packs to local fishersA flotilla of about 100 mostly small fishing boats led by Filipino activists has set sail for a disputed shoal in the So…
Nearly 20 missing after monsoon rains trigger flash floods, sending torrents of volcanic material and mud down slopes of Mount Merapi volcanoHeavy rains triggered flash floods and caused torrents of cold lava and mud to flow down a volcano’s slopes on …
Four buildings destroyed in blast that also damaged homes in nearby villagesAn ammunition explosion at a base in south-western Cambodia has killed 20 soldiers and wounded several others, the prime minister has said.Hun Manet said in a Facebook post tha…
More than 11,000 people told to leave their homes after Mount Ruang erupted at least three times since Friday afternoonMore than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of …
No casualties after fire engulfs ferry carrying 108 people from Surat Thani to Koh TaoPanicked passengers jumped into the sea to escape a raging ferry fire in the Gulf of Thailand early on Thursday, and all 108 people onboard survived.The overnight fer…
Richard Bong downed 40 aircraft in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning before it crashed while being flown by another pilotA Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of the second world war ace fighter pilo…
Birthrate continues to fall as young people increasingly reluctant to have children due to bleak job prospects, cost of living and work cultureThe number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data h…
Shehbaz Sharif expected to become prime minister again after plans for coalition government announced between PML-N and PPP parties Imran Khan’s political rivals have announced details of a coalition agreement, naming Shehbaz Sharif as their joint cand…
Ruling comes months after supreme court ruled that requiring sterilisation before a change of gender in official records was unconstitutionalA court in western Japan has approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in official record…