PA: Worldwide
Friday, 03 August 2018 09:40
Golan border: Syria pushes into strategic area
Under the terms of a 1974 UN armistice that demilitarised much of the Golan, Israel withdrew from the capital of Quneitra province which it had captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Now, backed by Russian aircraft,…
Friday, 03 August 2018 09:38
Pakistan: poverty and persecution
Pakistan plans to seek its largest ever bailout from the IMF as Imran Khan takes office. The loan is to resolve the country’s escalating foreign reserves crisis. However a loan would see IMF impose restrictions on…
Friday, 03 August 2018 09:33
Sri Lanka: ‘They took everything from us’
A Sri Lankan brick-maker is living with death threats after his conversion to Christianity, often seen as a ‘foreign’ religion, even though Christianity arrived in the Indian sub-continent almost two thousand years ago. Nimal is illiterate,…
Thursday, 26 July 2018 21:42
Laos: dam collapse forces thousands to flee
On 23 July a fault in the structure of a dam in Laos was discovered and alerts went out to evacuate villages downstream as repairs were started, but the dam’s walls broke. Residents took to rooftops…
Thursday, 26 July 2018 21:39
Global: heatwaves on four continents
Japan's weather agency has declared the heatwave sweeping the country a natural disaster, with 80+ deaths recorded since 19 July and the temperature reaching 41.1C. By 26 July over 22,000 were hospitalised with heatstroke, and the…
Thursday, 26 July 2018 21:36
South Africa: taxi drivers’ turf war
Tensions between groups of taxi drivers vying for the same routes can spill into deadly violence in South Africa. Minibus taxis are the most popular form of transport and violence is common between rival groups vying…