Section: Asia
- Afghanistan (54)
- Armenia (2,395)
- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Bangladeshis, Rohingyas account for most of West Bengal foreign prisoners
DHAKA : Almost half of the foreign prisoners in India are lodged in different jails of West Bengal and most of them are Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims, reports UNB. Quoting recent data released by the National Crime Records Bureau, The Times of India on Sunday reported that nearly 47 percent of the foreign prisoners are lodged in Bengal jails...
Local elections cancelled in key Ukraine city, parties trade accusations of foul play
KIEV (Reuters) – Local elections in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol were called off on Sunday, prompting the ruling party of President Petro Poroshenko and the pro-Russian Opposition Party to blame each other for alleged irregularities in the vote. …read more Source: The...
Decisive Ukraine polls marred by cancelled vote in key port
Western-backed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s fragile ruling coalition faced a major survival test on Sunday in local elections that were instantly marred as voting was cancelled in the strategic port of Mariupol. …read more Source: The Times of...
Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine stopped
Travelers between the two nations will now have to fly through another country, take the overnight train or drive. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine and Russia ground direct flights in latest spat
Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia were grounded today as mistrust between the uneasy ex-Soviet neighbours boiled over into a new trade war that affects tens of thousands of families. “I never thought it would come to this,” said 30-year-old Muscovite Alexander Mikhaylin after walking off the very last Russian flight into...
Voting is canceled in Ukraine’s strategic port of Mariupol
Ukraine’s local elections were canceled on Sunday in the strategic southeastern port of Mariupol because of what officials described as a lack of sufficient ballots in the disputed industrial city. “Polling stations did not open in Mariupol because the ballots were not ready in the voting offices,” said electoral commission Natalia...
Voting cancelled in Ukraine’s strategic port Mariupol
Ukraine’s local elections were cancelled today in the strategic southeastern port of Mariupol because of what officials described as a lack of sufficient ballots in the disputed industrial city. “Polling stations did not open in Mariupol because the ballots were not ready in the voting offices,” electoral commission Natalia...
Pro-Western coalition faces survival test in Ukraine vote
KIEV – Western-backed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s fragile ruling coalition faces a major survival test Sunday in combative local elections that exclude the pro-Russian separatist east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia says wants Syria elections, ready to help Free Syrian Army
Obama says deal reached with Russia to avert Syria air conflictsRussia’s air war in Syria a game-changer for US: expertsRussian air strikes target western Syria: monitorObama warns Russia’s Putin of ‘quagmire’ in SyriaSyria and Ukraine: two fronts in Russian war for influence …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Pro-Western coalition faces survival test in Ukraine vote
The polls come during a lull in fighting and with worries growing that Ukraine is slipping off the global radar despite just turning into Europe’s second-poorest country and still standing as a bulwark against Russia’s feared expansion west.Twenty months have passed since the ex-Soviet nation sparked the world’s imagination...
