'No safe place': Women flee conscription risk, hardship in Myanmar
Thousands of people have decided to leave their homes since the mandatory military service law was announced in Myanmar.
Fri Jul 05 2024
Three bakeries resume operations in Gaza with UN aid
Thousands of people showed up to buy food shortly after the announcement was made that bread would be baked in the bakeries again.
Mon Apr 15 2024
In Gaza, even holy month of Ramadan reminds Palestinians of their desperation
Thousands of people who have fled Israeli airstrikes barely have enough food to break the daily Ramadan fast.
Fri Mar 22 2024
Aid ship reaches Gaza coast; Israel rejects Hamas truce offer
If the new sea route is successful, it may help ease hunger crisis in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people face malnourishment.
Fri Mar 15 2024
Oldest mosquito fossil comes with a bloodsucking surprise
Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed annually by malaria and other diseases spread through the bite of mosquitoes.
Fri Dec 08 2023
What caused the floods in Libya and why are they so bad?
The catastrophic flood has killed thousands of people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, sweeping away entire neighbourhoods.
Fri Sep 15 2023
Libya floods wipe out quarter of city, thousands dead
Thousands of people were killed and at least 10,000 were missing in Libya in floods.
Wed Sep 13 2023
For migrants, the Darien Gap is hell; for adventure tourists, it's a magnet
Panama's notorious stretch of jungle has become a treacherous part of the journey for tens of thousands of people trekking across Americas.
Sat Jul 29 2023
What is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine and what happened?
With water levels surging higher, many thousands of people are likely to be affected.
Wed Jun 07 2023
Netanyahu suspends judicial overhaul after day of Israeli turmoil
For months, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest a project its critics say would destroy the checks and balances protecting Israeli democracy.
Tue Mar 28 2023
Two decades after Saddam's fall, Iraqis still haunted by disappearances
Relatives of thousands of people who were killed or disappeared under the dictator believed they would soon find out the fate of love ones.
Mon Mar 13 2023
Life's no longer rosy at Senegal's Pink Lake after floods
Extreme floods contaminated the lake, threatening thousands of people who depend on it for their livelihood.
Tue Jan 24 2023
Cyber criminals hold Asian tech workers captive in scam factories
Thousands of people have been lured by social media advertisements promising well-paid jobs in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, only to find themselves forced to defraud strangers.
Wed Nov 02 2022
Tamils in Sri Lanka yearn for answers on relatives who disappeared in civil war
Thousands of people in Sri Lanka's north and east, went missing during the civil war in what were known as "enforced disappearances".
Wed Oct 26 2022
Australia suffers weather emergency, Melbourne swamped as deluge hits 3 states
Thousands of people across Australia's southeast were asked to evacuate their homes after two days of incessant rains triggered flash flood.
Fri Oct 14 2022
'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat
Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.
Tue Nov 26 2024
What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?
Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.
Tue Nov 26 2024
One woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member - UN
The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".
Tue Nov 26 2024
Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation
Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.
Tue Nov 26 2024
[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will
It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM
This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.
Tue Nov 26 2024
‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film
'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer
The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina
The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children
Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.
Tue Nov 26 2024