Phnom Penh Post - International
Most read
- Blasts rock Colombo, 161 killed
- Comic on track for triumph in Ukraine presidential elections
- ‘Indonesia’s smooth polls a beacon in sea of strongmen’
- US launches latest clean-up at toxic Vietnam War-era air base
- Two held over killing of N Irish journo
- Macron popularity still weak after Notre Dame fire
- Bitcoin-rich couple’s sea home to be towed
WHO: DR Congo Ebola outbreak ‘health emergency’ of int’l concern
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern”, a rare designation only used for the gravest epidemics.
Latest
-
India demands Pakistan free accused ‘spy’
Publication date 19 July 2019 | 15:31 | ICTIndia on Thursday demanded that Pakistan release an alleged spy after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) called for a review of a death sentence against him.
-
Oz onshore refugees stuck in legal limbo
Publication date 19 July 2019 | 14:47 | ICTThe Australian government has rejected calls to expedite visa applications of 30,000 asylum seekers who have been stuck in legal limbo in the country for more than five years, a report shows.
-
Arson attack kills 24 at Japanese anime studio
Publication date 19 July 2019 | 14:44 | ICTA suspected arson attack on an animation production company in Japan killed 24 people and injured dozens more on Thursday, with flames gutting the building in the city of Kyoto.
-
Drug lord El Chapo sentenced to life
Publication date 19 July 2019 | 12:01 | ICTOnce one of the world’s most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday – the mandatory punishment for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century.
-
Washington kicks Turkey out of F-35 fighter jet programme
Publication date 19 July 2019 | 11:57 | ICTThe White House confirmed on Wednesday that Turkey would be excluded from Nato’s F-35 stealth fighter jet programme after it purchased a Russian missile defence system in defiance of warnings from Western allies.
-
Toll in Japan suspected arson rises to 24: fire department
Publication date 18 July 2019 | 16:06 | ICTAt least 24 people are feared dead in a suspected arson attack on an animation company in the Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday, a fire department official said.
-
South Korea adopts workplace anti-bullying law
Publication date 18 July 2019 | 14:21 | ICTA new law aimed at preventing harassment in the workplace took effect in South Korea on Tuesday, bringing the widespread but overlooked issue of bullying at work into the legal domain.
-
Myanmar nationals stage protest outside Singapore embassy in DC
Publication date 18 July 2019 | 13:15 | ICTA group of Myanmar nationals staged a demonstration in front of the Singapore embassy in Washington on Monday in protest against the Singapore government’s arrest and deportation of leaders of the Arakan Association (Singapore).
-
Japan gov’t mulls subsidy for disposal of ocean plastic
Publication date 18 July 2019 | 12:06 | ICTJapanese government plans to provide assistance for the collection and disposing of plastic waste in the ocean picked up by fishing vessels, according to sources.
-
Malaysia parliament backs move to lower voting age to 18 from 21
Publication date 18 July 2019 | 11:36 | ICTMalaysia's parliament on Tuesday backed lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, a change that would add millions of people to the electoral roll and was pushed by the country’s reformist government.