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France's IVF laws make mothers feel like outlaws

Isabelle Laurans and her boyfriend spent years trying for a baby. When it didn't work, they decided to see if fertility treatment would help them conceive.

 

UK-flagged tanker leaves Iranian port after being held for months

The UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero has left Iran, where it has been detained since July 19, arriving in international waters on Friday.

 

Global recession in 2020 a "clear danger": UNCTAD report

The world's economy is heading into "troubled waters," with a recession in 2020 now "a clear and present danger," a UN report released Wednesday (September 25) showed.

6.4-magnitude earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku on early September 22, according to the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

 

Indonesia: schools closed due to smoke from forest fires

Many schools on Indonesia’s Borneo and Sumatra islands on September 16 were closed due to choking smoke from forest fires while the country has recorded thousands of respiratory infection cases.

 

India, Thailand, Singapore hold first maritime exercise

The Indian navy on September 16 began a trilateral exercise with counterparts from Thailand and Singapore at Port Blair on Adaman and Nicobar islands, according to the Indian news agency ANI.

 

India offers 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students

India on September 16 officially launch an initiative to offer up to 1,000 integrated PhD Fellowships for ASEAN students at its 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

 

Thailand to enhance water management through US$600-mln projects

The National Water Resource Committee (NWRC) of Thailand has approved three new major water management projects with a combined value of US$600 million and is now seeking cabinet approval on them.

 

Indonesia to raise cigarette prices by more than a third

Indonesia will raise the minimum price of cigarettes by an average of 35 percent from January next year, as part of the country’s efforts to reduce smoking rates.

 

Singapore faces worst air quality in three years

Smog from forest fires in Indonesia’s Sumatra has made air quality in Singapore harmful for human’s health.

 

India, Malaysia holds joint naval drill

India and Malaysia launched a joint naval military exercise on September 14 to test inter-operability of their navies in South East Asia and Western Pacific regions.

 

Indonesia closes plantation companies, schools due to wildfires

Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry and Environment on September 15 closed more than 30 plantation companies in Kalimantan and Sumatra as part of efforts to minimise wildfires.

 

UN warns of violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

The United Nations investigators said on September 16 that nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a serious risk of violence, warning that the repatriation of a million of this community remains "impossible".

 

Cambodian court orders arrest of exile opposition leader

The Phnom Penh court on September 16 ordered the arrest of Sam Rainsy, exile leader of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).