Story Archive
2015-06-30
Calls mount for the country’s air force to improve its safety record.
2015-06-30
Four other defendants, including an Indonesian, plead not guilty.
2015-06-29
The convict says he loves his country, after carrying the Indonesian flag on a national holiday.
2015-06-26
The key leaders of the Deep South rebellion “are all in Malaysia” and have support from inside the neighboring country, Thai army officer tells BenarNews.
2015-06-26
Authorities also arrest 14 anti-junta protestors.
2015-06-25
West Java businessman Chep Hernawan is serving a six-month sentence for fraud and embezzlement.
2015-06-24
The government has pulled the licenses of more than 13,000 non-governmental organizations.
2015-06-24
The state police force in Jammu & Kashmir is under fire for using the ‘non-lethal’ weapons to disperse demonstrators.
2015-06-23
Thai police end probes into southern human trafficking rings.
2015-06-22
But a U.S. government report says insurgents in the Deep South are not linked to international terror groups.
2015-06-22
But there is no evidence that the terrorist group is present in Kashmir, police say.
2015-06-19
The concentration of too much power in one person’s hands does not bode well for democracy in Bangladesh, analysts say.
2015-06-19
Refugee’s 11-year odyssey has taken him from Myanmar to Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
2015-06-19
The Thai government still is trying to persuade Deep South rebels to come back to the table.
2015-06-18
Fifty-six out of 89 suspects are in custody.
2015-06-18
Six out of eight suspects in a case that shocked the nation are now in custody.
2015-06-17
Six people have been slain in a series of attacks in Sopore town.
2015-06-17
A half-billion followers of Islam, from Indonesia in the east to India in the west, will refrain from food and drink for a month, from sunup to sundown.
2015-06-17
Her five relatives were among hundreds captured while fleeing persecution in China.
2015-06-16
A key member of the political opposition pulls out in a dispute with an Islamic ally.
2015-06-16
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, a former government minister, can seek a presidential pardon but is unlikely to do so.
2015-06-15
Jats oppose the construction of a mosque next to a Hindu temple.
2015-06-15
Meanwhile, the Australian prime minister refuses to confirm or deny that a navy ship paid money to a crew of people smugglers.
2015-06-12
Defendant describes clandestine boat journey from Malaysia to Indonesia.
2015-06-12
Australia hosts a summit on combatting the threat posed by the Islamic State and other extremist groups.
2015-06-12
Initial probe shows no link between Thai Muslims students and extremist groups in Thailand or elsewhere, Thai officials say.
2015-06-11
Swiss food giant and beverage giant Nestlé is a battling an Indian government recall on its money-making two-minute noodle line.
2015-06-11
Families have lived in low-cost hotels in Medan for years – and not one has been granted asylum in a third country.
2015-06-11
Extremists are calling on Rohingya to take up arms, but members of the ethnic group are showing no interest.
2015-06-10
It will be hard to curb insurgency unless the Indian government rescinds the emergency law, activist Irom Sharmila tells BenarNews.