Watch: Video appears to show part of Yayang Church being taken down An influential Protestant church in China says prominent leaders have been arrested in what appears to be a growing crackdown on the underground church movement. Nine people were detained on Tuesday after police raided their homes and the church office in Chengdu, in…
Six whales have died on a remote beach in New Zealand’s South Island following a mass stranding and volunteers are racing against time to get 15 others that are still alive back to the sea. Some 55 pilot whales washed up on Farewell Spit on Thursday. While most managed to make their way back out…
Australians in Victoria have been warned they should prepare for “property loss or worse” as much of the country faces extreme heatwave conditions. Temperatures on Friday and Saturday are forecast to hit record highs for most states and territories, with Victoria and South Australia in particular bracing for dangerous fire conditions due to strong winds…
Watch: 15-year-old Lulu tracks her social media use following the Australian ban For the first time in years, Amy feels free. One month since Australia’s teen social media ban kicked in, she says she is “disconnected from my phone” and her daily routine has changed. The 14-year-old first felt the pangs of online addiction in…
AFP via Getty Images More than 30 people are thought to be missing following the landslide in Cebu Rescue workers are racing to find dozens of people still missing following a landslide at a landfill site in the central Philippines that occurred earlier this week, an official has said. Mayor Nestor Archival said on Saturday…
Getty Images China’s surging demand for durians is shaping South East Asia’s farming towns Driving around Raub, a small town in Malaysia, it’s impossible to miss the prickly fruit that powers its economy. You can smell it from the steady stream of trucks winding through mountain roads, leaving a faint fragrance on their trails. You…
A newly married couple were killed when a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Islamabad where they were sleeping after their wedding party, police have said. A further six people – including wedding guests and family members – who were staying there also died in the blast. More than a dozen people were injured….
EPA One person has died and 300 properties have been destroyed in bushfires that have torn across south-east Australia. The fires have raged in dozens of locations across the country for several days, mostly in the state of Victoria, but also in New South Wales, burning through land almost twice the size of Greater London….
Amid reports that consular offices in India have started rejecting B1/B2 visas, a man shared some tips after his tourist visa was granted in two minutes in the Chennai consular office. The man explained in a Reddit post that, without explicitly saying it, he impressed the visa officer how deep his ties with India are…
CAIRO: Hamas said Sunday it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under the US-brokered peace plan. But the group gave no specifics on when the change will occur. Hamas and the rival Palestinian Authority, the Palestinians’ internationally recognized representative, have not announced…