Category: Asia

Fri 31 January 2020: Hundreds of people in Pakistan staged Friday a rally to protest the U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called Middle East peace plan. The rally organized by Palestine Foundation Pakistan (PFP) — a conglomerate of different political and religious parties — was held in the country’s southern port city of Karachi, after the […]

Fri 31 January 2020: Nirav Modi has been detained for nearly a year over bank fraud case The detained diamond tycoon Nirav Modi will face a full extradition hearing in London in May as he fights attempts by India to put him on trial for the country’s largest banking fraud. Mr Modi, 48, was arrested […]

Thu 30 January 2020: Four Indian airlines bar Kunal Kamra from flying after he berates right-wing journalist Arnab Goswami during a flight. An Indian stand-up comedian has been slapped with a flight ban by four Indian airlines after he heckled a popular right-wing television presenter on board an aircraft. Kunal Kamra, 30, on Tuesday tweeted […]

Thu 30 January 2020: Rohingya refugees reacted with surprise and joy Wednesday to news that Bangladesh would provide formal education for their children, two and a half years after they were forced to flee Myanmar. Authorities in Bangladesh in partnership with the United Nations will expand educational programs for hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya […]

Sun 26 January 2020: Last year marked the start of a new era in bilateral relations between India and Saudi Arabia, with two very successful high level visits. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited India in February, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Saudi Arabia in October. As a result, the relationship between […]

Sat 25 January 2020: Limited mobile data services and internet will be temporarily restored in Jammu and Kashmir from Saturday, ending nearly a six month communications lockdown after Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdrew the Muslim majority region’s autonomy. Access will be limited to about 300 “whitelisted” websites and internet speed would remain low, the local […]

Fri 24 January 2020: Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu has started his official visit to Indonesia today in an effort to further strengthen the defence cooperation between the two countries. While in the republic, Mohamad called on his Indonesian counterpart, Prabowo Subianto, at the Indonesian Ministry of Defence. The Ministry of Defence (Mindef), in a statement, […]

Wed 22 January 2020: Bangladesh entered e-Passport era as the first country in South Asia with the formal opening of the electronic passport services on Wednesday morning. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the e-Passport services and automated border control management at a programme at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city. At the […]

Tue 21 January 2020: Malaysia is too small a nation to respond to India’s boycott of palm oil with trade retaliation, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. “We are too small to take retaliatory action. We have to find ways and means to overcome that,” Mahathir said in Langkawi, a resort island off the […]