India arrests rights activists over links to guerrillas, stokes outrage
The arrest of five prominent human rights activists in raids across the country for suspected links to Maoist guerrillas ignited allegations on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration was trying to intimidate its critics.
New PM Khan to skip U.N. General Assembly to focus on Pakistan economy
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan will skip next month’s United Nations General Assembly session to focus his attention on the country’s economy, said his foreign minister.
Dam breach floods communities in central Myanmar, blocks highway
Water from a breached dam flooded communities in central Myanmar on Wednesday and blocked part of a highway linking the main cities of Yangon, Mandalay and the capital Naypyitaw, fire officials said.
Yemen’s Houthis say missile fired at Saudi Arabia’s Najran region
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile just over the border into Saudi Arabia, causing no apparent casualties, amid growing international concern about civilian casualties from a Saudi-led air campaign.
China police investigate possible data breach at hotel operator Huazhu
Chinese police are investigating a possible leak of client information from Huazhu Group, after state media said nearly 500 million pieces of customer-related information from the hotel operator had emerged in an online post.
Myanmar spokesman rejects U.N. genocide report
A Myanmar government spokesman on Wednesday rejected a report by United Nations investigators that called for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide, saying the international community was making “false allegations”.
Powerful quake hits off New Caledonia, small tsunami waves generated
A powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck near New Caledonia in the South Pacific on Wednesday, creating small tsunami waves, officials in the region said.
Myanmar dam breach floods town, two villages; blocks highway: fire department
Water breached a dam in central Myanmar on Wednesday, flooding a nearby town and two villages as well as a highway connecting the country’s three most important cities, Yangon, Mandalay, and the capital Naypyitaw, the fire department said on its Facebo…
How climate policy wars are frustrating corporate Australia
Australia’s revolving door of political leadership has hit confidence in sectors particularly prone to policy uncertainty, such as energy, which could hurt business investment and push back the timeframe for a central bank interest rate hike.
Bomb at Philippines street festival kills two, wounds 37
A homemade bomb hidden under a motorcycle killed two people, one a child, and wounded 37 at a local street festival in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, security officials said, the latest unrest in a region prone to militancy.
