Sudan battles rage as more civilians risk dangerous escape

Khartoum, May 10 (AFP/APP): Fighting raged in the Sudanese capital and a city to the south Wednesday, residents said, pushing more people to undertake dangerous journeys to safety across the country’s borders. Those unable to escape grapple with shortages of food and other essentials, surviving […]

ASEAN at a ‘crossroad’ as Myanmar violence escalates

LABUAN BAJO: Southeast Asian nations are at a “crossroad,” a senior Indonesian minister warned Tuesday, as escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar loomed over a regional summit. Myanmar has been ravaged by deadly violence since a military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s government more than […]

23,000 flee violence in northeast India, army says

NEW DELHI 07 May (Online): Some 23,000 people have fled ethnic violence in northeast India that has reportedly killed at least 54 people, the army said on Sunday, although there was no new “major violence” overnight. The unrest in Manipur state erupted after a protest […]

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