AFP – More than 100 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, landed in Indonesia’s westernmost province on Saturday, officials said, but locals threatened to push them back to sea. Hundreds more of the mostly Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar were trapped on board another two unseaworthy vessels adrift in the Andaman Sea, according to the United […]
JAKARTA (AFP) – A critically endangered Sumatran elephant was born in Indonesia on Tuesday, officials said, the second rare birth in weeks that has given renewed hope to conservation efforts. Sumatran elephants are on the brink of extinction with only about 2,400-2,800 left in the world, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. Weighing […]
TOKYO (AP) – Japan suspended flights by its Osprey aircraft yesterday, officials said, the day after a United States (US) Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission. Tokyo has also asked the US military to ground all Ospreys operating in Japan except for those searching for victims of […]