A teacher told the BBC that of 421 students in the school at the time, only 55 had been unaccounted for, meaning more than 300 were believed to have been kidnapped.(Photo by= Reuters) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] Hundreds of schoolgirls are feared to have been kidna..

Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai and Nigel Skea both admitted breaking the rules (Photo by=Reuters) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] A Briton has been sentenced to two weeks in prison and a S$1000 fine ($753; £539) for breaking Singapore's quarantine rules by leaving h..

Staff members of Teens of Thailand had to sell dumplings to help the business survive. (Photo by=Pichayada Promchertchoo) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] Cocktails are usually concocted with different gins from around the world in the bar. But to this day, they contain..

In this file photo taken on December 31, 2020 a policeman stands guard as protesters hold placards during a demonstration against the government policy of forced cremations of Muslims who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus, outside a cemetery in Colombo. (File photo by= AFP/Ishara D. Kodikara) ..

"When I listen to the young people taking part in the demonstrations, they say 'Yes, I'm scared, but if we don't raise our voices to say that we're scared, we'll have to live in fear our entire lives,'" Kitazumi said in a recent post on Facebook. (Photo from Ya..

"I am not Rwandan, I am a Belgian hostage. I was kidnapped," Mr Rusesabagina said at the start of the trial. (Photo by=Reuters) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] Rwanda’s high court rejected a request by the man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the Rwandan genocide to move his trial on terrorism charges to Belgium. BBC reported that Paul Ru..

The school also restarted band rehearsals, and pictures from the lessons that showed individual students practicing inside green tents as a means of protecting against COVID-19 went viral on social media. (Photo by=Don Seabrook/ World Photo) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakk..

Joe Biden spoke to King Salman after reading a forthcoming report into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] US President Joe Biden talked over the phone with King Salman of Saudi Arabia as he seeks to put re..

Americans were injured when rockets hit Irbil on 15 February. (Photo by=EPA) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] The US military has carried out an airstrike targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria, the Pentagon says. The attack destroyed "multiple facilities located ..

Nearly all House Republicans said the bill infringed on their religious freedom and voted against it. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] The US House of Representatives has passed sweeping legislation that prohibits LGBT discrimination, but it&rsq..

Gaga is often accompanied by her dogs at award shows and film premieres. (Photo by=Getty Images) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] Two of Lady Gaga's French bulldogs were stolen on Wednesday night after a gunman shot her dog-walker in Hollywood, Los Angeles. BBC said..

US Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina in Charlotte. (File photo by= US Attorney's office Western District of North Carolina) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] A North Carolina woman who lied to get a coronavirus relief loan spent the mon..

Two children are seen listening in DepEd's broadcast TV lessons under the distance learning setup, which was carried out due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo from The STAR/Miguel de Guzman) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA — An SWS survey suggests ..

Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Air Force and Department of Tourism personnel the waters around Taal Volcano Island. (Photo from Niño Jesus Orbeta/Philippine Daily Inquirer) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA— A total of 113 volcanic tremor episodes..

Health workers participate in a simulation for COVID-19 vaccination in The Medical City in Pasig City on February 18, 2021. (Photo from The STAR/Michael Varcas) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA — Only 19% of adult Filipinos in a survey by OCTA Research said they’re willing to get COVID-19 vaccines while nearly half aren’t willing to get inocul..

Gen. Debold Sinas, Philippine National Police chief (right), and Wilkins Villanueva, director-general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), greet each other with a fist bump after holding a press conference on Thursday at Camp Crame. (Photo from Lyn Rillon/ABS-CBN Screengrab/NCRPO-P..

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha holds a vial of the CoronaVac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine, developed by China's Sinovac firm, after the shipment arrived in Bangkok on February 24, 2021. (Photo from AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Rea..

President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo from Inquirer) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte will personally witness the arrival of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government on Sunday, Malacañang has confirmed. &ldq..

Family members hold the picture of their loved ones killed because of the drug war by the Duterte administration. (Photo from The New York Times) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] The government’s report to the United Nations acknowledging critical flaws in the Dut..

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin. (Photo from DFA) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said yesterday that the Philippines wasn’t bartering Filipino health care workers for COVID-19 vaccines with the United Kingdom or Germany, PhilStar said. “No one is asking for a trade. Just a way of sayin..