July 24, 2023 Overloaded passenger boat capsizes off Indonesia's Sulawesi Island, claiming 15 lives An overloaded passenger boat capsized off Indonesia's Sulawesi Island, claiming 15 lives. The ill-fated vessel, designed for 20 passengers, was carrying 33 individuals.
July 24, 2023 Japanese novelist Seiichi Morimura, known for trilogy about wartime army unit's atrocities, dies Seiichi Morimura, a renowned Japanese mystery writer, passed away at the age of 90 from pneumonia while being treated at a hospital in Tokyo, as confirmed by his official website.
July 23, 2023 Mom's horrifying insurance scam put 8-year-old daughter in hospital 43 times Japanese police arrested a mother for allegedly starving and abusing her daughter so she could collect insurance payments.
July 22, 2023 Indonesian fitness influencer Justyn Vicky crushed to death by 450-pound barbell A 33-year-old Indonesian fitness influencer died after a 450-pound barbell he attempted to lift broke his neck.
July 22, 2023 The 1975 banned from performing in Malaysia, festival canceled after Matty Healy same-sex kiss with bandmate Malaysia canceled the Good Vibes Festival Saturday and has banned the band The 1975, after frontman Matty Healy criticized the country's homosexuality laws and shared an onstage same-sex kiss with a bandmate.
July 21, 2023 Repatriation of tragic shipwreck victims: Bodies of 4 Pakistani migrants returned home after disaster The bodies of four Pakistani migrants, among those who lost their lives in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean Sea last month, have been repatriated to Pakistan.
July 21, 2023 Burma's military government unveils giant sitting Buddha statue amid ongoing civil war and turmoil The military-led government of Burma showcased a colossal statue of a sitting Buddha on Friday, set to be consecrated on August 1st, serving as a symbol of nationalism.
July 21, 2023 Train crashes into truck that stalled at crossing, causing massive inferno: WATCH A train in Indonesia plowed through a truck that had stalled out on a crossing on Tuesday night, causing an incredible explosion that miraculously only harmed one person.
July 21, 2023 Notorious meat market in Indonesia ends brutal dog, cat meat trade Following years of campaigns by activists calling for the end of brutal dog and cat meat trade, the Tomohon Extreme Market will become the first in Indonesian to end the practice.
July 20, 2023 US ambassador to China among those hacked in Beijing-linked operation US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns was the highest-ranked State Department to be hacked in a Beijing-backed cyber espionage operation.