Category: Asia

Thu 04 July 2019: Prime Minister Imran Khan will travel to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump on July 22, the Pakistani foreign ministry said on Thursday, a rare visit between leaders of the sometimes prickly allies. The visit – Khan’s first to the US since coming to power last year – came at […]

Wed 03 July 2019: SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Curbs on civilian traffic along a highway linking disputed Kashmir to the rest of India, imposed for a Hindu pilgrimage, have angered residents of the Muslim-majority region. The six-week Amarnath Yatra began on Monday and will see hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims trek to a holy cave […]

Tue 02 July 2019: According to TribuneNews.com, the 52-year-old woman, identified only by her initials “S.M.”, had charged into the mosque and began loudly demanding to see her husband. It is understood that S.M. suspected that her husband was in the process of having his second marriage solemnised at the mosque – and she was […]

Tue 02 July 2019: Indonesian police have arrested the leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant network linked to al-Qaeda, authorities said on Tuesday, on suspicion of recruiting members and sending them to Syria to train with extremist groups.  Counter-terrorism police also arrested at least four other suspects linked to Para Wijayanto, who experts say was […]

Mon 01 July 2019: Amid talk about how the Indonesian passport is virtually powerless, it is easy to overlook the considerable number of countries that have dropped visa requirements for travelers hailing from the archipelago over the years. According to Passport Index, there are currently 81 nations that do not have visa requirements for Indonesian passport holders, […]

Mon 01 July 2019: An overcrowded minibus crashed into a gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing at least 35 people and injuring another 17, officials said. The bus plunged off the Himalayan mountain road as its driver negotiated a curve and rolled down into a 150-meter (500-foot) deep gorge along a rocky stream in […]

Sun 30 June 2019: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pushed for greater grassroots water conservation efforts amid concerns weak monsoon rains would push millions of drought-hit people to the edge and hammer agricultural production in Asia’s third-biggest economy.  The monsoon season is responsible for around 70% of India’s annual rainfall, and is particularly […]

Sat 29 June 2019: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Saturday urged an immediate end to a mobile data blackout in parts of two Myanmar states, saying a service restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says are law enforcement actions to avert unrest. Morgan Ortagus, the State Department spokeswoman, said the […]

Fri 28 June 2019: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government plans to drop criminal penalties for the possession and use of drugs in small quantities to battle addiction, but stressed the move is not akin to legalizing narcotics. Malaysia has one of the world’s harshest penalties for drug possession. Anyone found with 200 grams […]