-- 2022-06-15 19:26:03
Saudi pro-government commentators are gloating over US President Joe Biden's planned visit next month, saying the US leader's about-turn on his vow to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah" reflected the kingdo...
-- 2022-06-15 16:57:50
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered a four-month suspension in exports and re-exports of wheat and wheat flour originating from India, the world's second-biggest producer of the grain, state ne...
-- 2022-06-15 11:52:33
People in Pakistan have been asked to reduce the amount of tea they drink to keep the country's economy afloat. Sipping fewer cups a day would cut Pakistan's high import bills, senior min...
-- 2022-06-14 17:37:51
The Myanmar military junta has brutally killed children and systematically abused their human rights, a UN expert said in a report released on Tuesday, noting that over the past 16 months, the militar...
-- 2022-06-14 17:01:43
High global energy and raw material prices combined with a weak rupee fuelled the fastest annual rise in India's wholesale prices in more over 30 years, raising expectations for the central bank to or...
-- 2022-06-14 16:25:43
Sri Lanka has approved a four-day work week for public sector workers to help them cope with a chronic fuel shortage and encourage them to grow food, the government said on Tuesday, as it struggles wi...
-- 2022-06-14 14:09:46
Weeks after the US president warned China over Taiwan, Beijing has delivered its sternest rebuttal yet, saying it would "resolutely crush any attempt" at Taiwan's independence. On Sunday, Chi...
REUTERS 2022-06-14 13:26:32
Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month became the hottest city on Earth. Her 17-year-old neighbour Waderi, who...
Reuters 2022-06-13 19:16:09
Saudi Arabia on Monday announced the lifting of measures that had been taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the state news agency (SPA) reported, citing an official in the interior minis...
-- 2022-06-13 18:27:53
Indian money laundering investigators questioned opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday as his supporters jostled with police outside the financial crime-fighting agency's office in the capital, New...
-- 2022-06-13 18:19:55
Leaders of prominent Islamic groups and mosques in India appealed to fellow Muslims on Monday to suspend plans for protests against derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad made by two members of...
-- 2022-06-12 17:42:30
Sonia Gandhi, president of the India’s National Congress party, has been admitted to a Delhi hospital due to sickness related to COVID-19, Indian media report. But the 73-year-old is in stable...
-- 2022-06-12 16:49:49
Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the nation faces shortages amid an unprecedented economic crisis, its prime minister told the Associated Press. Prime Minister Ranil Wickreme...
-- 2022-06-12 15:46:16
New Zealand Minister of Defence Peeni Henare said on Saturday that Pacific island nations have the freedom to make their own decisions about cooperation with China, as Beijing seeks closer military ti...
-- 2022-06-12 15:34:03
Police in India's Kashmir arrested a youth for posting a video threatening to behead a former spokesperson of India's ruling party who had made derogatory remarks about Islam's religious leader Prophe...
-- 2022-06-12 15:21:48
Fiji's defence minister said on Sunday that climate change posed the biggest security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, a shift in tone at a defence summit that has been dominated by the war in Ukrai...
-- 2022-06-12 15:16:28
South Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup said on Sunday that his country would enhance its defence capabilities and work closely with the United States and Japan to counter North Korea's nuclear and...
-- 2022-06-12 14:11:34
Pakistan will seek a deferred payment plan for liquefied natural gas bought under long term deals with Qatar, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Saturday, as Islamabad faces a balance of payments...
-- 2022-06-12 12:35:07
Taiwan does not want to close the door to China and is willing to engage in the spirit of goodwill, but on an equal basis and without political preconditions, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday, Re...
-- 2022-06-11 21:06:04
Taiwan's government threatened to take Beijing to the World Trade Organization on Saturday after China suspended the import of grouper fish from the island saying it had detected banned chemicals, the...
-- 2022-06-11 20:04:27
China's capital Beijing is facing an ‘explosive’ Covid-19 outbreak connected to a bar, a government spokesman warned on Saturday, as the commercial hub of Shanghai began mass testing to co...
-- 2022-06-11 17:38:55
Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year cooperation plan in Tehran on Saturday as the two countries, among the world's top oil producers, grapple with US sanctions that are crippling their exports. The s...
-- 2022-06-11 13:07:54
At least two people have died and 10 others injured in India's Jharkhand as agitated crowds clashed with police during protests over derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad made by two former me...
-- 2022-06-10 23:39:12
Thousands of Muslims have rallied across the South Asia nations of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan over derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by two officials from India’s ruling party th...
-- 2022-06-10 19:50:04
Pakistan's foreign ministry on Friday said authorities were trying to trace and arrest suspects who this week desecrated a Hindu temple located at a home in the country's port city of Karachi, drawing...
-- 2022-06-10 18:52:10
One of Sri Lanka's richest businessmen will replace the president's brother in parliament, a ruling party official said on Friday, as the cash-strapped country moves forward on talks for a bailout pla...
-- 2022-06-10 11:56:44
China's UN envoy said on Thursday that Beijing does not want to see North Korea carry out a new nuclear test, which is partly why China vetoed a US-led bid to impose new UN sanctions on Pyongyang over...
-- 2022-06-09 20:47:10
More than a dozen shipowners have made payments of about $300,000 apiece to release vessels detained by the Indonesian navy, which said they were anchored illegally in Indonesian waters near Singapore...
REUTERS 2022-06-09 13:41:04
India's biggest dairy group Amul has written to the government urging it to delay a planned ban on tiny plastic straws, saying the move will have a "negative impact" on farmers and milk consumption in...
-- 2022-06-09 13:30:30
Swathes of Sri Lanka were hit by electricity cuts on Thursday after a power sector union went on strike opposing new government regulations, compounding hardships as the country tackles a crippling ec...
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