INDO DAILY
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
IndoDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)

Rescuers pull nine bodies from landslide in flood-hit Myanmar

Rescuers scrambled Wednesday through a landslide which devastated a village in Myanmar's south at the weekend, a team leader told AFP, searching for more casualties in a disaster that has already claimed nine lives.

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IndoDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
India turns to corals and seagrass to shield against rising seas

Under a blazing sun, workers crouch on a shrinking island off India's southern coast, threading bright green seagrass shoots onto ...

IndoDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
New Delhi to ban construction for six weeks to tackle air pollution

New Delhi will ban construction for six weeks in the country's capital, as part of a slew of measures announced on Monday to tackl...

IndoDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Thailand floods affect hundreds of thousands, eight dead in Myanmar

Heavy rains have killed eight people in Thailand since mid-September, the government said Monday as Bangkok battled flooding for a...

RoboDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
US regulator probes Anthropic and OpenAI over AI safety: report

The Federal Trade Commission has launched a broad investigation into artificial intelligence safety practices at Anthropic and Ope...

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IndoDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Floods in India's Uttar Pradesh kill 81: new toll

The death toll from floods triggered by heavy rain in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh rose to 81, the government's disaster agency said.

IndoDaily NATURALDISASTERS Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
South Myanmar floods, landslides kill 8: rescue worker

Heavy floods and landslides in southern Myanmar have killed at least eight people, with up to 30 still missing, a local rescue worker said on Monday.

IndoDaily NATURALDISASTERS Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Myanmar rescuers fear 10 dead in cut-off flood zone

Rescuers were battling on Monday to access areas of southern Myanmar where they fear floods may have killed up to 10 people and left 30 missing, an aid group chairman told AFP.

IndoDaily NATURALDISASTERS Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Two dead, 14 missing after avalanche on Nepal's Himlung peak

At least two people have been killed and 14 remain missing after an avalanche at Nepal's Himlung peak, an official said on Monday, as rescuers resumed their search.

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
UK's MI5 warns academics to cut ties with Chinese institution

The UK's domestic intelligence service MI5 on Wednesday issued a rare alert warning academics against collaborating with a Chinese technology institute, saying it funds research to...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
US-led coalition ends mission in Iraq

A US-led coalition deployed in Iraq more than a decade ago to fight jihadists concluded its mission Wednesday, a move celebrated by the country's leaders and President Donald Trump...

PolicyDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
China extends probes into US trade barriers until December

China has extended two investigations into US trade barriers until December, state broadcaster CCTV reported o...

PolicyDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
'Do something,' begs Iranian woman after death sentence over protests

An Iranian woman sentenced to death over protests earlier this year has begged the international community to ...

PolicyDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
China opens joint military facility in Laos

China and Laos have inaugurated a joint military facility at an airport north of the Laotian capital, both gov...

PolicyDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
Gaza health officials say Israeli strike kills 5 in Gaza City

Gaza's civil defence agency and a hospital said an Israeli airstrike targeting a minibus killed five people on...