The presidents of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan highlighted the importance of bringing Afghanistan out of global isolation, during the BRICS summit. Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated that Afghanistan’s current situation should not be ignored, stressing the importance of addressing the challenges facing the country. President Mirziyoyev said: “When it comes to global and regional security, we […]
Read MoreNepal’s only properly functioning international aviation gateway, the Tribhuvan International Airport, will cut night-time operation hours to allow the construction of taxiways, and airlines have been told to curtail flights. The airport is scheduled to close between 10:00pm and 8:00am from November 8 to March 31, 2025. This is expected to lead to more than […]
Read MoreDuring his return from attending the expanded meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member and observer states, Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai made a working visit to the People’s Republic of China. Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai participated in the event commemorating the 75th anniversary […]
Read MoreMore than 50 US lawmakers have written a letter to President Joe Biden demanding the release of former Pakistani Prime Minister and founding chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In the letter, they urged Biden to use Washington’s influence over Pakistan to secure the release of the imprisoned former prime minister. This information was reported […]
Read MoreActing Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani in an interview said that twenty years of fighting has led to victory, and a new chapter has opened, which is positive engagement with the world. Speaking in a special interview with the New York Times, Sirajuddin Haqqani said that they have closed the chapter of violence and war. In the […]
Read MoreMaldives Finance Minister Moosa Zameer has submitted a supplementary budget of MVR 5.1 billion to the Parliament for approval. The new budget seeks to supplement the MVR 49.8 billion state budget for 2024 that was passed by the Parliament last year. The Finance Ministry said that it decided to submit the supplementary budget not because […]
Read MoreThe two leaders met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, two days after New Delhi announced that it had reached a deal with Beijing to resolve the four-year military stand-off on their disputed Himalayan frontier. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first […]
Read More“We have formally requested to be considered for this facility,” Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said in an interview on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank autumn meetings in Washington. Pakistan is targeting around $1 billion in a formal request for funding from the IMF facility that helps low- and middle-income countries mitigate climate risk, its […]
Read MoreTrami, locally known as severe tropical storm Kristine, dumped heavy to torrential rain on the main island of Luzon triggering widespread flooding and landslides. Tropical Storm Trami has killed at least 26 people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes in the Philippines, officials said on Thursday, as it made landfall on the […]
Read MoreThe security crackdown in the southern town of Tak Bai in 2004 caused the deaths of 85 people and was one of the most high-profile events of a separatist insurgency that re-ignited that same year and has since killed more than 7,600 people. Thailand’s prime minister on Thursday apologised for the deaths two decades ago […]
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