By Stephen M. Bland At the opening ceremony of the SCO Summit in Tianjin on August 31, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined Central Asian leaders in a group photo. The Tianjin summit – China’s second time hosting the SCO and its “largest-ever” summit – was […]
Read MoreIndia will send teams to monitor a general election in war-torn Myanmar that is scheduled to start in December, Myanmar state media said on Monday, as New Delhi signals support for a vote that has already been derided by critics as a sham. Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
Read MoreThailand’s largest opposition party was set to hold a kingmaking summit today (1 September) to decide who to back as the nation’s next prime minister, after the incumbent was ousted by court order. Paetongtarn Shinawatra was on Friday sacked as prime minister by Thailand’s Constitutional Court after it found she had breached ethical standards during […]
Read MoreIndonesian students and civil society groups called off protests on Monday after a week of escalating anger over lawmakers’ pay and the police response, citing fears of heightened security measures after deadly riots over the weekend. The protests began in Jakarta a week ago, and have spread nationwide, escalating in size and intensity after a […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI: India and Russia are exploring ways to deepen their cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China. Modi and Putin were both in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s leaders’ summit, where they underscored their friendly ties by […]
Read MoreBy Biman Mukherji India’s stronger-than-expected economic growth of 7.8 per cent in the April–June quarter has been hailed by leaders as a resounding retort to US President Donald Trump’s claim that the country’s economy is “dead”, even as experts warn that retaliatory tariffs from Washington could weigh on the outlook. Bilateral ties have plummeted recently […]
Read MoreMore than 800 people were killed and thousands more injured as a major earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan late on Sunday, one of the worst such disasters in the country in recent years. As authorities scramble to rescue survivors, here is a look at what happened and the devastation the tremors caused. Where Did The Quake […]
Read MoreDHAKA: Bangladesh’s leader has warned that any deviation from planned elections would be “extremely dangerous,” as violent political rivalries deepen a year after the overthrow of longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The warning comes after protests in the South Asian nation, which left a key leader hospitalized, with parties vying for power ahead of the […]
Read MoreBy Raissa Robles A day after Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan refused to resign amid mounting public outrage over ghost flood projects worth billions, President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr replaced him with high-performing Transport Secretary Vince Dizon. A former high government official who spoke on condition of anonymity told this […]
Read MoreSEOUL: South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo were indicted Friday in special investigations that followed the ousting of the former president for imposing martial law. The wife of jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol was charged with violating financial market and political funding laws and receiving bribes, about […]
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