Category: Asia and Oceania
The UN on Sunday issued a warning about an increased risk of atrocities in Myanmar, after another day of bloody crackdown by the Burmese army. Saturday was the bloodiest day since the protests against the coup began. Security forces killed at least 107 people and hundreds more were injured and detained in apparently coordinated attacks […]
A car bomb attack claimed by the Taliban has left at least 95 injured, “including a majority of women and children” Wednesday morning in western Kabul, according to the authorities. According to the photos and videos visible on the social networks, a huge plume of smoke rose in the sky of the capital, testifying to […]
Heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh have flooded the Cox’s Bazar camp, home to more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees, destroying some 273 shelters and injuring 11 people, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). About 2,137 people have been displaced, either because their shelters have suffered significant damage or as a precautionary measure. www.un.org
Tens of thousands of protesters paralyzed Hong Kong on Wednesday, delaying consideration of a controversial bill to allow extradition to China. The protesters, mostly young people and students, surrounded the government buildings in the center of the city to demand the withdrawal of the project supported by Beijing. .. AFP
A progressing investigation and more and more victims, In Sri Lanka, the record of attacks on Sunday in this island of South Asia was further aggravated on Tuesday. At the same time, the authorities made dozens of arrests. Eight explosions hit the country. They targeted luxury hotels and churches celebrating Easter Mass, one of the […]
On Friday, March 15, shortly before 2:00 pm local time, a white supremacist terrorist opened fire on hundreds of worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and slaughtered 49 innocent people. During the attack, nearly 30 others were seriously injured, including several children. Once again, an individual inhabited by identity hatred has died among […]
In Indonesia, all eyes remain on the eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano, probably at the origin of the tsunami that killed more than 400 people, according to an assessment still temporary. The authorities proceed with the evacuation of the coasts, because the volcano, unstable since its partial collapse, could cause a new tsunami (…) […]
At least nine people were killed and 40 wounded on Sunday in bomb attacks, including a suicide attack, against churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world, police said. The three attacks were carried out in three different places at ten minutes intervals, the first explosion occurred at 07:30 (00:30 GMT), […]
Barely fifteen days old, Kinza whines quietly in a hospital in Islamabad, suffering from diarrhea and infection of the blood: water, increasingly rare in Pakistan, reaches dramatic levels of pollution, making tens of thousands of victims. Cloaked in a colorful blanket, Kinza moves in slow motion, like a tiny doll. His mother Sartaj, poorly dressed, […]
Nearly 60 people were killed on Friday in two attacks on mosques in Afghanistan, one Shia in Kabul, the other Sunni in the center, ending a particularly deadly week across the country. The terrorist group Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the Shia mosque in Kabul, killing at least 39 people. The […]
