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Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use

Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use

-- 2022-06-09 12:52:56

People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nation is the first to advance such a move...

US and China set to clash at Asian security meeting

US and China set to clash at Asian security meeting

-- 2022-06-09 12:04:22

The United States and China are expected to use Asia's top security meeting this week to trade blows over everything from Taiwan's sovereignty to the war in Ukraine, although both sides have indicated...

India reports highest daily Covid cases since March 2

India reports highest daily Covid cases since March 2

-- 2022-06-09 11:39:09

India reported 7,240 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, its highest number of daily cases since March 2. India's financial capital Mumbai, which ha...

Parts of Shanghai impose new Covid lockdown measures

Parts of Shanghai impose new Covid lockdown measures

-- 2022-06-09 11:01:14

Parts of Shanghai began imposing new lockdown restrictions on Thursday, with residents of sprawling Minhang district ordered to stay home for two days in a bid to control Covid-19 transmission risks....

22, including nine of a family, killed as van plunges into ravine in Pakistan

22, including nine of a family, killed as van plunges into ravine in Pakistan

-- 2022-06-08 21:03:02

At least 22 people were killed, including nine members of one family when a passenger van fell into deep ravine in southwest Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday. The accident happened apparently du...

Taliban unveils new uniforms for reconstituted police force

Taliban unveils new uniforms for reconstituted police force

-- 2022-06-08 19:15:05

Taliban authorities on Wednesday introduced new uniforms for its reconstituted Afghan police force, as the de facto government attempts to shift away from using its insurgent military forces to handle...

India tightens security after militants threaten attacks

India tightens security after militants threaten attacks

-- 2022-06-08 19:12:24

India tightened public security on Wednesday after the circulation of a letter warning of Islamist militant attacks to avenge derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad by an official of the ruling...

Brothers at odds, but ruling family still holds key to Sri Lanka's future

Brothers at odds, but ruling family still holds key to Sri Lanka's future

-- 2022-06-08 14:27:08

It was the moment when two brothers who had dominated Sri Lanka's politics for nearly 20 years finally went their separate ways. On May 9, when a crowd of ruling party supporters marched towards ac...

Indian police arrest BJP youth leader for anti-Muslim comments

Indian police arrest BJP youth leader for anti-Muslim comments

-- 2022-06-08 13:52:09

Police in northern India arrested a youth leader from the Hindu nationalist ruling party for posting anti-Muslim comments on social media after derogatory remarks by another party official about the P...

Display of Palestinian flag to be banned at Israeli institutions

Display of Palestinian flag to be banned at Israeli institutions

-- 2022-06-07 22:45:02

Following weeks of violence in different parts of Israel and the West Bank, Israeli nationalists have targeted the red, green, black and white Palestinian colours in an escalating "flag war" that unde...

Sri Lanka needs $5.0b, help from China for essentials

Sri Lanka needs $5.0b, help from China for essentials

-- 2022-06-07 19:04:40

Sri Lanka will need $5 billion over the next six months to ensure basic living standards, and is renegotiating the terms of a yuan-denominated swap worth $1.5 billion with China so as to fund essentia...

India diplomatic woes deepen over Prophet Muhammad row

India diplomatic woes deepen over Prophet Muhammad row

-- 2022-06-07 10:50:41

India's diplomatic nightmare over controversial comments made by two senior officials of the country's ruling party about the Prophet Muhammad is showing no signs of ending. The UAE, Oman, In...

Death toll in southwestern Iran tower collapse rises to 41

Death toll in southwestern Iran tower collapse rises to 41

-- 2022-06-06 16:59:54

The death toll in the collapse of a building in southwestern Iran rose Monday to at least 41, state media reported, two weeks after the disaster struck, reports AP. Ehsun Abbaspour, the governor of t...

26 killed in India road accident

26 killed in India road accident

-- 2022-06-06 15:48:43

At least 26 people have been killed when a bus carrying pilgrims veered off a mountainous road and fell into a deep gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday. The accid...

Thailand rescues 59 Rohingya refugees

Thailand rescues 59 Rohingya refugees

-- 2022-06-05 23:00:46

Thailand had rescued 59 Rohingya refugees, including children, from an island who had been abandoned by people smugglers on an island close to the Malaysian border, police said on Sunday. The Rohingy...

India’s BJP suspends its two members for comments on Prophet

India’s BJP suspends its two members for comments on Prophet

-- 2022-06-05 22:34:20

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said it had suspended BJP spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to comments she made during a TV debate about the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). The BJP...

10 killed in chemical factory fire in India

10 killed in chemical factory fire in India

-- 2022-06-05 16:00:41

At least 10 people were killed and 22 injured in a chemicals explosion at an electronics factory in northern India's Hapur district on Saturday, a police official said. The accident happened at an in...

Death toll from chemical explosion in India reaches 10

Death toll from chemical explosion in India reaches 10

-- 2022-06-04 21:14:41

The death toll from a chemical explosion at an electronics factory in northern India's Hapur district has reached 10, a police official said. Besides, 22 others were injured in the incident at in on...

Japan may resume discount campaign to revamp tourism sector

Japan may resume discount campaign to revamp tourism sector

-- 2022-06-04 19:16:53

Japan plans to resume a national travel discount campaign as soon as late this month to help the tourism industry recover from a Covid-19 slump. A revived "Go To Travel" campaign would likely serve a...

At least six killed in India chemical factory explosion

At least six killed in India chemical factory explosion

-- 2022-06-04 18:44:06

 At least six people were killed and 20 injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in northern India's Hapur district on Saturday, a police official said. The accident happened after a boiler...

Saudi Arabia welcomes first foreign hajj pilgrims since before pandemic

Saudi Arabia welcomes first foreign hajj pilgrims since before pandemic

-- 2022-06-04 16:24:00

Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed the first batch of foreign hajj pilgrims since before the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted authorities to sharply restrict the annual ritual in line with global h...

'Enemies' triggering unrest in Iran to overthrow Islamic Republic: Khamenei

'Enemies' triggering unrest in Iran to overthrow Islamic Republic: Khamenei

REUTERS 2022-06-04 15:27:52

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday blamed recent protests in Iran on foreign “enemies” seeking to overthrow the government in the Islamic Republic. Also, he said, e...

Myanmar upholds death sentences for two democracy activists

Myanmar upholds death sentences for two democracy activists

-- 2022-06-04 11:35:24

Myanmar's military government said on Friday that appeals by two prominent democracy activists against their death sentences had been rejected, paving the way for the country's first executions in dec...

Myanmar likely to execute death sentence for first time in decades

Myanmar likely to execute death sentence for first time in decades

-- 2022-06-03 21:38:23

Myanmar's military government said on Friday that appeals by two leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD) against their death sentences had been rejected, paving the way for the country's fi...

UN agrees to change Turkey’s official name to ‘Türkiye’

UN agrees to change Turkey’s official name to ‘Türkiye’

-- 2022-06-03 20:54:31

The United Nations has changed the Republic of Turkey’s country name at the organisation from “Turkey” to “Türkiye”, following a request from Ankara for the change....

Saudi royals deserve credit for their roles in extending Yemen truce: White House

Saudi royals deserve credit for their roles in extending Yemen truce: White House

-- 2022-06-03 17:35:57

The White House took the rare step of recognising the role played by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in extending a ceasefire in Yemen on Thursday ahead of what is expected to be a tri...

Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi test positive for Covid-19

Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi test positive for Covid-19

-- 2022-06-03 16:44:23

A day after Indian National Congress chief Sonia Gandhi tested positive for Covid-19, her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that she had tested positive for the virus too. "I've tested positive for...

US, South Korea, Japan envoys meet on North Korea nuclear tension

US, South Korea, Japan envoys meet on North Korea nuclear tension

-- 2022-06-03 14:25:18

Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Friday for talks on North Korea amid signs the isolated country is preparing to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since...

Two killed in Kashmir in wave of assassinations

Two killed in Kashmir in wave of assassinations

-- 2022-06-03 11:24:34

A Hindu bank manager and a labourer were shot and killed in Kashmir on Thursday, police said, as a wave of targeted killings drove more Hindu families to flee India's only Muslim-majority federal terr...

China demands US stop trade talks with Taiwan

China demands US stop trade talks with Taiwan

-- 2022-06-02 17:29:19

China’s government on Thursday accused Washington of jeopardising peace after US envoys began trade talks with Taiwan aimed at deepening relations with the self-ruled island democracy claimed by...