Nepal to expel Canadian man over critical tweets By: Agencies on May 4, 2016KATHMANDU: Nepal has ordered a Canadian man to leave the country within two days for posting messages on social media that could disturb social harmony, officials said Tuesday. Home Ministry official Yadav Koirala said Robert Penner’s work visa was revoked because a report prepared by authorities suggested his critical posts on Twitter threatened national unity. […]
Wildfires sweep through mountain forests in north India By: Agencies on May 3, 2016LUCKNOW: Massive wildfires that have killed at least seven people in recent weeks were burning through pine forests in the mountains of northern India on Monday, including parts of two tiger reserves. With dense black smoke billowing in the skies for kilometers (miles), authorities were urging villagers to be on alert and tourists to avoid […]
Hundreds promoting independence detained in Indonesias Papua By: Agencies on May 3, 2016JAKARTA: Indonesian police on Monday detained hundreds of pro-independence demonstrators in the eastern province of Papua on the anniversary of Dutch New Guinea’s 1963 integration into Indonesia. Around 500 people were detained in the provincial capital, Jayapura, police said, and dozens in other cities of the resource province of around 3.5 million. There were no […]
Wealth question hangs over Filipino mayors presidential run By: Agencies on May 3, 2016MANILA: Allegations that the Philippine presidential election front-runner had a large sum of money in an undeclared bank account were not resolved Monday, allowing the issue to hang over the final week of the closely fought race. Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has alleged Mayor Rodrigo Duterte kept more than 200 million pesos ($4.2 million) in […]
Hundreds protest over sacking of Hong Kong editor By: Agencies on May 3, 2016HONG KONG: Hundreds of protesters gathered Monday outside the headquarters of a Hong Kong newspaper where a respected editor was recently sacked after publishing a front-page story linked to the Panama Papers leak. Around 300 reporters, activists and members of the public rallied over the firing of Keung Kwok-yuen, saying it was further evidence of […]
China airs two more confessions by Taiwan fraud suspects By: Agencies on May 3, 2016BEIJING: Confessions by two more Taiwanese telecoms fraud suspects, from among dozens deported from Kenya to China last month, were aired by Chinese state television on Monday, appearing to back China’s contention that such crimes are lightly dealt with in Taiwan. The case, and subsequent deportations of Taiwanese from Malaysia for similar suspected crimes, has […]
The Hague court says India should release Italian sailor By: Agencies on May 3, 2016NEW DELHI: A UN arbitration court has ruled that India should release an Italian marine who has been detained in Delhi for more than four years, and allow him to return home, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. India arrested two Italian marines in 2012 on suspicion of killing two fishermen while assigned to […]
Iran must dictate might to US in Persian Gulf: Khamenei By: Agencies on May 3, 2016TEHRAN: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran must show off its military power to the US in the Persian Gulf waters. “The Persian Gulf coast and much of the coasts of the Sea of Oman belong to this powerful [Iranian] nation, therefore we have to be present in this region, […]
Will Bernie Sanders enthusiasm be curbed? By: By Anthony Zurcher on May 2, 2016 Trailing in the delegate count with only a handful of state primaries remaining, the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign has almost run its course. The fate of the progressive movement the candidate has inspired, however, is still an open question. At this point Mr Sanders would have to win about 80% of the remaining uncommitted […]
Massacre survivors give Indonesian govt list of mass graves By: Agencies on May 2, 2016JAKARTA: Survivors of Indonesia’s anti-communist massacres in 1965 submitted a list of what they say are more than 100 mass graves to the government on Monday after the president called for an investigation into the killings. Five survivors, aged in their 70s, who are founders of the Research Foundation for 1965 Murder Victims, gave the […]