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At least 15 people have been killed after torrential rains and landslides hit Indonesia’s Natuna region. The Natuna Search and Rescue Agency’s head, Abdul Rahman, revealed that 15 people had been confirmed dead and 50 were missing. The landslides surged through forested areas dumping mud and debris on houses on the remote Serasan Island. The location of the landslide and continued rain were complicating search and rescue efforts and Communications […]

A Belarus court has sentenced the country's main opposition leader, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years' jail in absentia. Tikhanovskaya fled the country in 2020 after running against authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko in presidential elections. The charges against her include high treason and conspiracy to seize power. The opposition leader, however, rejected the court's legitimacy.  

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been sentenced to 27 years under house arrest after being found guilty of treason. The judge announced that Sokha would be banned from politics and voting in elections indefinitely. He was arrested in September 2017 without a warrant in a midnight raid on his home, and taken to a provincial jail. The opposition leader had consistently denied the charges against him, saying that he […]

Oman has opened its airspace for Israeli airlines and carriers that meet the civil aviation authority’s requirements. Reacting, Israel’s foreign minister Eli Cohen, thanked Haitham Al Said for the decision which will shorten flight times to Asia. Last year Saudi Arabia allowed Israeli airlines to use its airspace but because Omani airspace was closed, Israeli carriers could not use the route to fly to Asia. Israel and Oman have no […]

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Tajikistan at a depth of about 20.5 km on Thursday. The US Geological Survey estimated that little or no population will be exposed to landslides from the quake, adding that a 5.0-magnitude aftershock hit the area about 20 minutes after the initial quake. It revealed that its epicenter appeared to be in a semi-autonomous eastern region that borders Afghanistan and China. The sparsely populated territory […]

Guinea's transitional leader Mamady Doumbouya has urged the constitutional review committee to consider the needs and realities of the country and draft a robust new supreme law. Doumbouya stated that the the country needs tranquillity, not just permanent transitional periods. He warned the committee against drafting a copy and paste or tailor-made constitution for the country. The leader assured that the National Transitional Committee is committed to drafting a new […]

At least two people have been killed and more than 50 trapped after a coal mine collapsed in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. According to reports, rescuers brought out three people, two of whom showed no signs of life. Inner Mongolia is a key region for mining coal and other minerals in China, which has ravaged the original landscape of mountains, grassy steppe and deserts.

The US, Britain and European Union will announce fresh sanctions targeting military commanders and militia leaders in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This fresh round of sanctions will target military commanders from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The two countries have traded accusations over the conflict in the mineral rich region of DR Congo. Diplomats revealed that others on the list include leaders from the M23 rebel group, […]

At least three United Nation peacekeepers have been killed and five others seriously wounded by an improvised explosive device in central Mali. UN mission revealed that one of its convoy had been targeted, adding that it is one of UN's more dangerous deployments,. Separatists and Islamist militants launch frequent attacks in north and central Mali despite the presence of the UN and, until last year, a French peacekeeping force that […]