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A railway worker in India sprung into action after a six-year-old boy fell on to the tracks at a train station in Mumbai. The child was with his partially sighted mother and was struggling to get back onto the platform before Mayur Shelke ran up and sc…
Thousands of Nepalese gathered to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival in the town of Thimi, despite a government request for gatherings not to exceed 25 people. As part of the celebrations, coloured powder is spread to welcome the arrival of spring. Bi…
Protesters in Myanmar have become creative in their opposition to military takeover in February Continue reading…
Police have arrested the reigning “Mrs World” on charges of assault over an on-stage fracas in which she pulled the crown off the head of the new “Mrs Sri Lanka”. Caroline Jurie yanked the crown off Pushpika de Silva minutes after she was de…
A giant monitor lizard climbs up a fully-stacked wall unit at a supermarket on the outskirts of Bangkok, unperturbed by the falling cartons and packages it dislodges as it searches for footholds, then appears to rest on the top shelf, watched by staff …
A Buddhist monk who was trapped while meditating inside a flooded cave for four days has been freed. Phra Ajarn Manas, 46, was on a pilgrimage from another province and had gone into the Phra Sai Ngam cave in Phitsanulok, Thailand, on Saturday to medit…
A new Chinese state-produced musical set in Xinjiang portrays a rural idyll of ethnic cohesion devoid of repression, mass surveillance and even the Muslim religion of its majority Uyghur population. The musical appears intended to culturally refra…
Dozens of people have been killed in a train derailment on the east coast of Taiwan, the island’s worst rail disaster in decadesDozens dead after Taiwan express service derails in tunnel Continue reading…
At the Interpets fair in Tokyo about 300 exhibitors will present their products to business visitors and pet lovers Continue reading…
Dozens of people have died after a train derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, authorities have said. The 408 Taroko Express was carrying about 350 people when it crashed on Friday morning at Qingshui tunnel in Huaelien county, the transpo…
Japan’s famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since records began nearly 70 years ago, with experts saying climate change is the likely cause Continue reading…
Refugees fleeing Myanmar are attempting to reach Thailand by boat following airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on parts of the country predominantly populated by ethnic Karen people. Thailand’s prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, said ‘we don’t want …
Protesters returned to the streets of Yangon and Dawei as small-scale rallies were held following the bloodiest crackdown since the military takeover on 1 February. At least 114 people were killed by security forces on Saturday, including at least six …
At least 15 people have been killed and another 400 are missing after a fire tore through Balukhali camp near Cox’s Bazar late on Monday. More than 17,000 shelters were destroyed, leaving 45,000 people displaced. Emergency services, volunteers and Red …