Tag: Guardian Asia
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Indonesia (approximate area) · ⚔️ Indonesia · 📍 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected Quake hit Indonesia’s Flores region with a depth of 10km early on Saturday morningA powerful 7.7-magnitude quake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, the US Geological Survey said. No immediate casualties or damage were reported.The quake…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Afghanistan (approximate area) · ⚔️ Afghanistan · 🪖 Guardian Asia Five years after the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan soldier is stuck in the middle of a new American warWar is Abbas’s* earliest memory.As a child, the first iteration of Taliban rule forced his family to flee – with nothing…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 China (approximate area) · ⚔️ China · 📍 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected Taiwan practiced cutting off internet for the first time on Thursday, amid concerns about the safety of the undersea cables that form its ‘digital lifeline’In Taipei, the streets swiftly empty as air raid sirens ring out and…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Japan (approximate area) · ⚔️ Japan · 🪖 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected Ban at Yasukuni shrine comes amid increasing visits by nationalist groups appearing in military style dressTokyo’s controversial Yasukuni shrine is banning military cosplay on its grounds, after the site become a focal point for displays by ultra-nationalist…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Myanmar (approximate area) · ⚔️ Myanmar · 📍 Guardian Asia Kyaw Zwar Minn was ousted for declaring loyalty to Aung San Suu Kyi after 2021 coup but refused to leave his homeMyanmar’s ousted ambassador to the UK has gone on trial on trespassing charges for refusing to leave a diplomatic residence…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Thailand (approximate area) · ⚔️ Thailand · 📍 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul calls for tighter gun controls and ‘decisive penalties’ after nine dead in school shooting Thailand has suspended firearms licences after last week’s deadly school shooting, as the bodies of the teenage attacker and…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Ukraine (approximate area) · ⚔️ Ukraine · 🚀 Guardian Asia Russian attacks on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least six people and injured 20, officials saidOvernight Russian attacks on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least six people and injured 20, officials said. Another six people were…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 World (approximate area) · ⚔️ Kashmir · 📍 Guardian Asia Mohammad Akhtar, 50, from Peterborough killed during clashes between authorities and protestersA British national was shot dead in Pakistan-administered Kashmir during clashes between security forces and protesters, the Guardian can reveal.Another Briton has been held in a regional prison for more…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Southeast Asia (approximate area) · ⚔️ Southeast Asia · 📍 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected Students at a school in Thailand have described hearing gunshots from another building during a shooting on Friday morning. The attack in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province was carried out by a 14-year-old…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Afghanistan (approximate area) · ⚔️ Afghanistan · 📍 Guardian Asia An investigation into 231 femicide cases highlights the dire situation in Afghanistan, where men are empowered to murder and face no punishment while their crimes are covered up by the stateIn a voice message recorded weeks before she died, Liza Shams,…