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Multiple explosions rock Indonesia’s school mosque leaving 54 injured; police launch investigationMultiple explosions rocked a mosque at a Indonesian high school during Friday prayers, injuring at least 54 people, primarily students. The...
Bali floods kill nine, disrupt travel and displace hundredsFloods triggered by heavy rains in Bali have killed nine people, left two missing, and displaced nearly 200 of 600 affected residents, Indo...
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 peoplePeople in Indonesia's Aceh province marked 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami by praying and visiting mass graves. Many survivors stil...
Pope Francis, in Muslim-majority Indonesia, warns against religious extremismIn his first speech during an ambitious 12-day journey across Southeast Asia, where Christians are a small minority of the regional populat...
Portugal is Europe's last open door for immigrantsPortugal's open immigration policy has led to a significant increase in the foreign-born population. South Asian workers play a crucial rol...
Palestinian officials say Israeli air strikes hit Gaza hospitals and schoolIsraeli tanks, which have been advancing through northern Gaza for almost two weeks, have taken up positions around the Nasser Rantissi, Ch...
Israeli troops tighten encirclement of Gaza City as top US diplomat arrives in IsraelTensions continued to escalate along the northern border with Lebanon ahead of a speech planned later Friday by Hassan Nasrallah, the leade...
No handshakes: Viral outbreak spooks Asian places of worshipBuddhist temples, Christian churches and Muslim mosques have been ordered closed since Jan. 29 in mainland China, where the new coronavirus...
- Indonesia eagerly awaits Obama's brief homecoming
Indonesians were eagerly awaiting the arrival Tuesday of US President Barack Obama for a 24-hour visit to a country where he spent part of ...
- India leads calls for action to stop Koran burning
India led calls on Thursday for the United States to intervene to halt a small church's plan to burn copies of the Koran in commemoration o...
- By condemning violence, clerics can isolate Islamist terrorists
By identifying the terror attacks as un-Islamic, the clerics undermine the religious legitimacy that the terrorists seek to bring to their ...
- Violent student brawls life in Asia's swelling cities
The students and teachers of National High School 6 call it "Bloody Friday". About once a month, dozens -- and sometimes hundreds -- of stu...