The death toll from weeks of flooding and landslides in central Vietnam has risen to 111, with 22 people still missing, Reuters reported Wednesday. “This catastrophic flood is the worst we’ve seen in decades,” Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu, president of the Vietnam Red Cross Society, said in a statement on …
Read More »North Korean detainees considered ‘less than animals’, HRW report says
The document often highlights the opaque criminal justice system, in which suspects are considered “less valuable than animals.” Based on visits by dozens of detainees and former officials, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) – page-long report focuses on the alleged inhumane conditions of the country’s former detention facilities. Brad …
Read More »New Zealand election: Jacques Cinda Arden wins second term as PM
With 87% of the vote counted, Arden’s center-left Labor Party has received .948..9% of the vote, which means his party seems likely to have the highest result of any party since the introduction of the current political system in 1996. “Tonight, New Zealand has shown its biggest support to the …
Read More »Two Thai protesters could face life in prison for violence against the queen
Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Wednesday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. Police were also behind those protests, as the car, which was great vajiralongakornano the king’s youngest son, Prince dipangakorna, gradually merged in the past. According to Thai lawyers for human rights, Banquanan “Francis” Pathong and …
Read More »Attack on Pakistan oil company convoy kills 14
The security details were with a convoy of Government Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) on the coastal highway from the port city of Gwadar to the southern city of Karachi. The attack killed seven soldiers and seven private security guards, which were carried out by “a large number …
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