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Malaysian court overturns ban on use of 'Allah' by non-Muslim publications

Malaysian court overturns ban on use of 'Allah' by non-Muslim publications

-- 2021-03-10 17:25:18

A Malaysian court on Wednesday overturned a decades-old government policy barring non-Muslim publications from using the word ‘Allah’ to refer to God, in a landmark ruling on an issue that...

COVID-19 inoculation will not break Ramadan fasting, Dubai grand mufti says

COVID-19 inoculation will not break Ramadan fasting, Dubai grand mufti says

-- 2021-03-10 16:56:48

Dubai’s Grand Mufti Shaikh Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz Al Haddad has said taking the COVID-19 vaccine will not break a Muslim’s fasting during Ramadan. “The vaccine does not break any fast...

Lobbyist to be paid $2.0m by Myanmar junta to defend coup

Lobbyist to be paid $2.0m by Myanmar junta to defend coup

-- 2021-03-10 16:18:36

An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar's junta will be paid $2 million to "assist in explaining the real situation" of the army's coup to the United States and other countries, documents filed...

Irked Thai premier sprays reporters with hand sanitiser

Irked Thai premier sprays reporters with hand sanitiser

-- 2021-03-10 13:27:30

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha left reporters stunned and amused on Tuesday when he interrupted his own news conference to spray them with hand sanitiser in a bid to dodge tough questions. Pra...

China summons British ambassador over 'inappropriate' article

China summons British ambassador over 'inappropriate' article

-- 2021-03-10 11:30:53

China summoned Britain’s ambassador in Beijing on Tuesday to lodge “stern representations” over an “inappropriate” article she wrote defending recent international media...

China, Russia stop UN Security Council move to condemn Myanmar coup

China, Russia stop UN Security Council move to condemn Myanmar coup

-- 2021-03-10 10:30:22

The UN Security Council failed to agree on Tuesday on a statement that would have condemned the coup in Myanmar, called for restraint by the military and threatened to consider “further measures...

India summons British envoy over ‘unwarranted’ criticism of farm protests

India summons British envoy over ‘unwarranted’ criticism of farm protests

REUTERS 2021-03-09 21:57:35

India's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had summoned the United Kingdom's high commissioner over what it called "unwarranted and tendentious discussion" of Indian agricultural reforms in the Briti...

Myanmar cancels licences of five media companies

Myanmar cancels licences of five media companies

-- 2021-03-09 18:50:21

Five media companies in Myanmar have been stripped of their licences, state television MRTV announced on Monday. The five independent companies were named as Mizzima, Myanmar Now, 7-Day, DVB and Khit...

Myanmar protests surge as forces trap youth protesters

Myanmar protests surge as forces trap youth protesters

-- 2021-03-09 11:01:28

Hundreds of young Myanmar protesters who had been trapped by security forces in a district of Yangon overnight have been able to get out, activists said on Tuesday, after calls from western powers and...

Thailand in a green rush

Thailand in a green rush

REUTERS 2021-03-09 10:30:11

Thais flocked to a cannabis exhibition as interest and demand in the plant surges after the government unlocked hemp use in food and cosmetics in the latest move to promote a new cash crop. The gover...

Australia suspends defence training with Myanmar after coup

Australia suspends defence training with Myanmar after coup

-- 2021-03-08 16:28:26

Australia has suspended its defence cooperation with Myanmar and is redirecting humanitarian aid in the country because of last month’s military takeover of the government and the ongoing detent...

Tibet official urges China to start Brahmaputra dam construction within year

Tibet official urges China to start Brahmaputra dam construction within year

-- 2021-03-08 15:20:02

China should aim to begin construction of a controversial hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river within the year, a senior Tibetan Communist Party official said in comments published on Monday....

Iran releases British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe but court summons looms

Iran releases British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe but court summons looms

-- 2021-03-08 10:50:48

Iran has released British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from house arrest at the end of her five-year prison sentence, but she has been summoned to court again on another charge, her la...

Official from Suu Kyi's party dies in custody in Myanmar

Official from Suu Kyi's party dies in custody in Myanmar

-- 2021-03-07 19:49:51

An official from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) died in custody in Myanmar overnight after being detained in a crackdown on anti-junta protesters, associates said, and a...

Iran releases British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Iran releases British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe

REUTERS 2021-03-07 18:33:15

Iran has freed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her lawyer Hojjat Kermani told Iranian website Emtedad on Sunday, after her five-year prison sentence for plotting to overthrow the...

Actor Mithun Chakraborty joins India’s ruling BJP

Actor Mithun Chakraborty joins India’s ruling BJP

-- 2021-03-07 17:08:35

Indian actor Mithun Chakraborty ended all speculation as he reached Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a mega rally on Sunday afternoon. The actor joined th...

Saudi-led coalition destroys 10 Houthi drones

Saudi-led coalition destroys 10 Houthi drones

-- 2021-03-07 16:49:18

The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen said on Sunday that it destroyed 10 armed drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, including at least five fired towards Saudi Arabia, state televi...

China willing to engage with all parties to ease Myanmar situation

China willing to engage with all parties to ease Myanmar situation

-- 2021-03-07 15:45:16

China is willing to engage with all parties to ease the crisis in neighbouring Myanmar and is not taking sides, the Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Sunday, r...

Protesters come out on Myanmar streets after overnight raids by security forces

Protesters come out on Myanmar streets after overnight raids by security forces

-- 2021-03-07 11:18:55

Tens of thousands of people came out on the streets in Myanmar on Sunday to demonstrate against last month’s coup despite overnight raids by security forces in the main city Yangon to crack down...

Pope, on historic Iraq visit, decries violence in the name of God as 'greatest blasphemy'

Pope, on historic Iraq visit, decries violence in the name of God as 'greatest blasphemy'

REUTERS 2021-03-07 09:27:18

Pope Francis walked down a narrow alleyway in the holy city of Najav to hold a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham on Saturday...

Israeli lobbyist says Myanmar junta to take back Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh

Israeli lobbyist says Myanmar junta to take back Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh

REUTERS 2021-03-07 09:16:53

An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar’s junta said on Saturday that the generals are keen to leave politics after their coup and seek to improve relations with the United States and dist...

Myanmar protesters string up women's clothes for protection

Myanmar protesters string up women's clothes for protection

-- 2021-03-06 19:24:56

Protesters in Myanmar have taken to stringing up women's clothing on lines across the streets to slow down police and soldiers because walking beneath them is traditionally considered bad luck for men...

Grave of slain protester disturbed in Myanmar   

Grave of slain protester disturbed in Myanmar  

REUTERS 2021-03-06 18:40:18

Guarded by police and soldiers, authorities in Myanmar disturbed the grave of a 19-year-old woman who became an icon of the anti-coup protest movement after she was shot dead wearing a T-shirt that...

Indonesia signs framework agreement with World Logistics Passport

Indonesia signs framework agreement with World Logistics Passport

WAM 2021-03-06 18:08:37

Indonesia has signed a formal framework agreement with the World Logistics Passport (WLP), a major initiative to increase trading opportunities between emerging markets. Having become the first South-...

While Delhi doctor battles coronavirus, her two autistic sons pine

While Delhi doctor battles coronavirus, her two autistic sons pine

REUTERS 2021-03-06 18:05:54

An already challenging life combining full-time work as a doctor with mothering two autistic sons was turned upside down for Meenakshi Mourya when the pandemic hit India. The country has the world&rs...

Imran Khan wins vote of confidence amidst opposition protest

Imran Khan wins vote of confidence amidst opposition protest

-- 2021-03-06 17:34:25

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan won a vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday in a session marked by an opposition boycott of the vote and clashes between government supporters and oppositi...

Saudi Arabia to lift most coronavirus-related curbs on Sunday

Saudi Arabia to lift most coronavirus-related curbs on Sunday

-- 2021-03-06 17:32:49

Saudi Arabia will end most coronavirus-related restrictions on Sunday, including resuming indoor dining, reopening cinemas and resuming entertainment activities and events, the state news agency SPA s...

Myanmar asks India to return eight police officers who fled   

Myanmar asks India to return eight police officers who fled  

REUTERS 2021-03-06 16:44:13

Authorities in Myanmar have asked India to return several police officers who sought refuge to avoid taking orders from a military junta that seized power in the Southeast Asian country last month, an...

Myanmar forces use tear gas, stun grenades to break up protest in Yangon

Myanmar forces use tear gas, stun grenades to break up protest in Yangon

-- 2021-03-06 14:00:09

Myanmar security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a protest in Yangon on Saturday, just hours after a United Nations special envoy called on the Security Council to take action again...

Indian farmers mark 100th day of protests, block highway outside Delhi

Indian farmers mark 100th day of protests, block highway outside Delhi

-- 2021-03-06 13:25:13

Indian farmers began gathering on Saturday to block a six-lane expressway outside New Delhi to mark the 100th day of protests against deregulation of agriculture markets, to add pressure on Prime Mini...