The plan is extensive. The road will stretch 2,998 km and cost an estimated £2.59 billion. It was also estimated for a decade ...

More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats.

More than 200 Rohingya came ashore over the weekend in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said on Monday, amid growing numbers of arrivals by sea of the stateless population in the Southeast Asian ...

Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge waves ... has transformed the worst-hit city Banda Aceh. More than 100,000 houses were rebuilt in ...

Twenty years after the devastating tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the province of Aceh has returned to ...

Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also ...

The dawn of the New Year 2025 last week, with a new president and a new government enjoying what is... Thursday 2nd January, 2025 New Year messages are usually run-of-the-mill statements which say ...

The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health has announced it is closely monitoring a reported virus outbreak in China.... Senior politician Thalatha Atukorale was appointed as the new General ...

An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Oregon authorities said, prompting a recall of raw frozen pet food that was sold nationwide.

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