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Japanese flood disaster frays resilience of elderly victims
DATE, Japan: When a river in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture overflowed on Sunday at the height of Typhoon Hagibis, 700 homes were flooded, many belonging to elderly residents too frail to clean up and repair their water-logged houses. Fukushima is no
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Three militants, two civilians killed as violence spreads in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Indian security forces killed three separatists, while suspected militants shot dead two people yesterday, one of the bloodiest days in Kashmir since New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s autonomy more than two months ago. The killings were the first
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Dr M on India palm oil curb: We will talk to them
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government will have to work diplomatically if India decides to restrict the imports of Malaysian palm oil. He said the speculated issues were just a reaction from traders and so
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Under pressure, M’sia offers to increase imports from India after Kashmir row
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is considering raising imports of raw sugar and buffalo meat from India, potentially easing trade tensions after reports New Delhi could restrict Malaysian palm oil imports following the country’s criticism of India’s actions in Kashmir. Malaysia is
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Typhoon Hagibis: Rescuers slog through mud as death toll rises to 74
The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 74 as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of homes remained without power or water.
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LTTE member detained in Sri Lanka, arms stockpile found
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka: Police have raided a safe house operated by a prominent Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) member in Ambalamkulam, recovering a haul of explosives and firearms last Friday. The 36-year-old LTTE member, Joseph Peter Robinson, has not
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India restores postpaid cellphone services in Kashmir
NEW DELHI: India restored postpaid cellphone services yesterday on all networks in the Kashmir Valley, 72 days after scrapping the state’s special status, Anadolu Agency reported. According to government figures, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has around four million postpaid mobile
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Typhoon Hagibis: Death toll rises to 58
TOKYO: The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 58 as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing and as thousands of homes remained without power or
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Hong Kong bans protesters from police housing areas amid escalating violence
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court has granted an injunction to ban anyone from blocking or damaging areas used to house married police officers and other disciplined services that have been targeted in more than four months of anti-government protests.
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Moderate earthquake hits south Sumatera
KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale hit South Sumatera, Indonesia at 6.23 am this morning. In a statement today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department said the quake was reported at 140 km Southwest
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