9+ hour, 13+ min ago   (592+ words) BANJARMASIN, Sept 14 — Rescuers in Indonesia said at least six people were killed and 129 others were missing after a ferry capsized in rough seas yesterday, with one survivor recounting scenes of panic as passengers scrambled for life jackets. The Virgo Transport…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (812+ words) SEPTEMBER 13 — China’s Pinglu Canal should not be understood simply as another impressive piece of infrastructure. For Asean, it represents something potentially much larger: the gradual geographical reorientation of southwestern China towards Southeast Asia. The 134.2-kilometre canal in Guangxi connects China’s…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (631+ words) CORON, Sept 13 — The bodies of 41 victims of the worst Philippine ferry disaster in over a decade made their way through the blue waters of a resort area on Sunday, bound for a dock where forensic investigators awaited them. Days after…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (338+ words) JAKARTA, Sept 13 — An Indonesian ferry carrying 243 passengers and crew is out of contact while sailing north in bad weather from Java to Borneo, rescue officials said Sunday. The passenger and cargo ship Virgo Transport 8 departed from Surabaya, East Java, on…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (631+ words) CORON, Sept 13 — The bodies of 41 victims of the worst Philippine ferry disaster in over a decade made their way through the blue waters of a resort area on Sunday, bound for a dock where forensic investigators awaited them. Days after…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (74+ words) malaymail.com JAKARTA, Sept 13 — One person was killed and more than 100 were rescued on Sunday after a ferry sailing between the Indonesian islands of Java and Borneo was hit by bad weather, rescue officials said. However, one of the rescued…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (163+ words) malaymail.com Merchant ship strike in Hormuz Strait kills one, injures three - On September 13, Iranian authorities reported that a merchant vessel was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in one fatality and injuring three others. - The incident occurred near…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (171+ words) BEIJING, Sept 10 — A fire on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked at an eastern Chinese port caused “heavy casualties” on Thursday, state media said, with President Xi Jinping calling for urgent search and rescue operations. “A foreign cargo ship of Beihai…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (208+ words) MANILA, Sept 10 — At least five people were killed and 87 remain unaccounted for after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coast guard said Thursday. The fire aboard the M/V…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (609+ words) LONDON, Sept 10 — UK air travellers faced more misery Wednesday with nearly 400 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain’s air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch which it ruled out as a cyberattack. After 1,746 flights were cancelled…...