JAKARTA: Families of victims in the Indonesia Lion Air crash hit out at Boeing yesterday over its admission that engineers had identified a safety system glitch well before the fatal accident, in the latest knock to the plane maker’s reputation. Boeing said Sunday engineers had found the safety alert issue
PARIS (France): A police station in north-eastern Paris had to be evacuated on Sunday after it was invaded by fleas, a police union said. “Police station closed until further notice!” read an notice stuck to the front door of the station, which is located in the 19th district of the
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Brunei): Brunei’s sultan has announced death by stoning for gay sex and adultery will not be enforced after a global backlash, but critics yesterday called for harsh sharia laws to be abandoned entirely. In a speech late Sunday, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said a moratorium on capital punishment
BANGKOK (Thailand): Crowds of Thais eager to witness history filled roads around the grand palace yesterday waiting under a scorching sun for newly-crowned King Rama X to emerge on a golden palanquin for a procession through Bangkok’s historic heart. Wearing yellow shirts – the royal colour – and carrying hats
BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): From cleaning up relatives’ graves and sharing food with the poor to holding colourful torch-lit street parades, millions of Indonesians are getting ready to welcome the holy month of Ramadan in the world’s populous Muslim-majority country. Ramadan begins today, with devotees fasting from dawn to dusk until
GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories): Gaza militants fired new barrages of rockets at Israel yesterday in a deadly escalation that has seen Israel respond with waves of strikes as a fragile truce again faltered, sparking fears of further violence. Gazan authorities reported six Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in the latest
MARSEILLE (France): Investigators in south-east France have seized a white tiger cub at the home of a suspected exotic animal trafficker, while pythons and endangered marsupials were found at his mother’s house, a police source said Saturday. Members of the public health agency OCLAESP were recently informed of the illegal
SRINAGAR (India): Suspected militants shot dead a local leader of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party in disputed Kashmir ahead of the latest round of polling, highlighting bloodshed that has marred India’s mega-election. The killing in Anantnag district of India’s only Muslim-majority state is the latest in a string of
NEGOMBO (Sri Lanka): Father Suranga Warnakulasuriya said prayers alone in his church yesterday, as Catholic services were suspended across Sri Lanka for the second straight week since the Easter suicide attacks. With the army staging raids across the country and authorities maintaining high levels of security, the country’s 1.25 million
BANGKOK (Thailand): Kneeling in front of her King, Suthida Vajiralongkorn na Ayudhya was invested as Queen on Saturday in Bangkok’s Grand Palace, taking up a prominent role in a country where the monarchy is deeply revered, a fairytale ascent for the former flight attendant. Wearing a pink traditional dress, Suthida
