Asia
42 dead in rain, mudslides in India's Kerala state
New Delhi, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — At least 42 people have died and some 100,000 moved to relief camps following flash floods and mudslides caused by days of torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
At least 13 dead in typhoon, 16 missing
Beijing, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — At least 13 people were killed Saturday after Typhoon Lekima stuck the coast south of Shanghai, knocking down houses and trees, Chinese state TV reported.
Landslide in southeast Myanmar kills at least 34 people
Yangon, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — A landslide buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar, killing at least 34 people, an official said Saturday.
Myanmar grants 568 foreigners permanent residency status in 4 years
Yangon, Aug 10 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Myanmar authorities have granted 568 foreigners permanent residency status from January 2015 to Aug. 8 this year, according to the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population Saturday.
India to bring in food supplies to Kashmir as curfew stays
New Delhi, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Authorities enforcing a strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir will bring in trucks of essential supplies for an Islamic festival next week, as the divided Himalayan region remained in a lockdown following India's decision to strip it of its constitutional autonomy.
Hong Kong protests move forward despite police objections
Hong Kong, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Another weekend of protests in Hong Kong began Saturday with a rally of parents calling for greater protection for their children as ordinary people have increasingly become caught in skirmishes between anti-government demonstrators and police.
NKorea fires 2 missiles into sea in likely protest of drills
Seoul, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — North Korea on Saturday extended a recent streak of weapons display by firing what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, according to South Korea's military.
London teen missing in Malaysia isn't independent: parents
Seremban, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — The parents of a 15-year-old London girl who disappeared from a Malaysian resort a week ago say she isn't independent and has difficulty walking, in new details to support their conviction that she was abducted.
Hong Kong leader Lam says priority is to stop violence
Hong Kong, Aug 9 (AP/UNB) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Friday her priority is to "stop the violence" rather than make political concessions as the city's 2-month-long protest movement pressed on with a demonstration at the airport.
Thailand mum on Serbia making fugitive ex-PM a citizen
Bangkok, Aug 9 (AP/UNB) — Thailand's foreign ministry had no immediate reaction Friday to reports that the country's former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has been granted Serbian citizenship, joining her brother as a fugitive globe-trotting Thai with foreign nationality.