Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and are set to arrive in Dhaka to attend the namaz-e-janaza of BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia. “The External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar will represent the government and people of India at the funeral of […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Khaleda Zia, who became Bangladesh’s first female prime minister in 1991 and went on to develop a bitter rivalry with Sheikh Hasina as they spent decades trading power, died on Tuesday after a long illness. She was 80. Her opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said that she died after a […]
Read MoreIndia is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build roads, tunnels and landing strips throughout the Himalayas, as it prepares for a possible future clash with its longtime nemesis China. India’s bloody border clash with China in 2020, which killed soldiers on both sides, exposed an alarming vulnerability along the disputed 2,200-mile border, a […]
Read MoreBy Stephen M. Bland Kyrgyzstan says it is close to ending a near two-decade ban that has kept its airlines off European routes, after President Sadyr Japarov said the country has reached a “critical point” in efforts to leave the European Union’s air safety blacklist. The comments come as Kyrgyz officials push for international recognition […]
Read MoreUzbekistan exported goods worth $1.3 billion to Afghanistan between January and November this year, making Afghanistan the country’s third-largest export destination, data from Uzbekistan’s national statistics committee showed. Russia remained Uzbekistan’s top export market during the period, importing about $4 billion worth of goods, followed by China with $1.9 billion, the committee said. Uzbekistan’s total […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia kicked off two days of talks in China on Sunday as Beijing seeks to strengthen its role in mediating the two countries’ border dispute, a day after they signed a new ceasefire. The ceasefire agreement signed on Saturday calls for a halt to weeks of fighting along their […]
Read MoreBy Sam Beltran As the Philippines wraps up a tumultuous year punctuated by colourful barbs thrown across warring political houses, an ongoing corruption scandal surrounding flood control projects threatens to derail President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s administration. Externally, Manila has been embroiled all year in a long-standing territorial row with Beijing in the South China Sea […]
Read MoreThe Southwest monsoon season in India and Pakistan in 2025, which saw 8% more rainfall than usual, caused the greatest number of fatalities among the major climate disasters of 2025, according to a report published by Christian Aid. The floods were among the top 10 climate disasters, resulting in over 1,860 deaths and $5.6 billion […]
Read MoreBy Aidan Jones The first day of voting in Myanmar’s three-stage election was held on Sunday, a process decried as a charade with the most popular pro-democracy party banned and up to half the war-torn country unable to vote. In the capital, Naypyidaw, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing cast his vote in an election he […]
Read MoreThe Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and other countries, in a joint statement issued on Sunday, slammed Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, terming it a threat to international peace and security. The joint statement, backed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Iran, Egypt, Qatar and others, highlights the serious repercussions of such an unprecedented measure on peace […]
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