Rescuers combed through debris for survivors on Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern Flores island, killing at least 47 people. The national disaster management agency raised the...
The Hong Kong government holds the second large-scale drill at the new Huanggang Port Building. Compared with the first exercise, the number of civil servants involved this time increases to 5,000.
The drill...
People in Japan marked 81 years since the end of World War Two on 15 August. More than 4,000 people, including bereaved families, attended Japan’s National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead in Tokyo. The...
Venezuela on Friday freed another 131 people considered to be political prisoners including a woman accused of a drone attack against the ousted Nicolas Maduro, in a sign of progress in talks to reconcile the...
A severe shortage of clean water and sanitation facilities is undermining efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province,...
At least eight people have died after unprecedented downpours in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. Rain pounded the area from Thursday evening into Friday. Authorities issued the maximum Level 5 Emergency Warning...
Firefighters battling wildfire in northeastern Spain, which has burnt 15,000 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 residents, according to the local government in Aragon. Countries across...
Donations were provided to flood-affected people in Ayeyawady Region by the Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation, Ayeyawady Region Young Entrepreneurs Association and PEC Private School (Pathein).
The...
Youth Forum 2026 was held at the National Theatre in Yangon on Saturday. More than 1,000 young people attended the event, which aims to provide a platform for young people to share ideas and experiences and to...
Union Minister for Labour U Khin Maung Soe said that reducing workers or closing factories could harm both employers and employees and negatively affect the country’s productivity and economic growth.
He...