Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus yesterday (13 November) reaffirmed the interim government’s commitment to ensuring a free, fair, and inclusive general election in the first half of February, emphasising an expected “big turnout” and a fresh start for Bangladesh. “The election will be participatory. There will be a big turnout,” he said during a meeting with […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH: Cambodia on Thursday evacuated hundreds of people from a village along its disputed border with Thailand, a day after one of its residents was reported killed when shooting between the two nations broke out there. Wednesday’s shooting occurred two days after a Thai soldier lost a foot to a land mine while patrolling […]
Read MoreBy Sadokat Jalolova and Stephen M. Bland Uzbekistan is advancing a broad effort to strengthen its relationship with the United States through new economic, diplomatic, and technological initiatives. A presidential decree establishing the Uzbekistan–U.S. Business and Investment Council, alongside a major artificial intelligence partnership with NVIDIA, underscores the country’s strategy to draw investment and accelerate […]
Read MoreBy Andrei Matveev In a striking display of diplomatic balancing, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ended 2025 with a high-profile state visit to Moscow, where he and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a declaration elevating bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance. The visit came just days after Tokayev returned from Washington, where he […]
Read MoreMANILA: Many powerful politicians linked to corruption in Philippine flood control projects will be in jail by Christmas, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, after dozens of officials were named as suspects in a multibillion-dollar graft scandal. Public outrage has grown since August in the Philippines, after an audit ordered by Marcos revealed that […]
Read MoreChina has introduced a new visa program aimed at drawing foreign technology professionals, mirroring the US H-1B visa in an effort to boost the country’s global competitiveness in advanced industries such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and robotics. The so-called K-visa is part of Beijing’s broader push to attract international talent at a time when US […]
Read MoreIndia’s government confirmed on Wednesday that it was treating a car blast that killed eight people and wounded at least 20 others in Delhi as a “terror incident” and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice as swiftly as possible. Earlier, three sources familiar with the investigation said police were checking whether there was a […]
Read MoreIndia’s cabinet has approved spending 450.6 billion rupees ($5.1 billion) on support for exporters, including 200 billion rupees in credit guarantees on bank loans, Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The plan includes the allocation of 250.6 billion rupees over six years for affordable trade finance for small exporters, logistics and market support under […]
Read MorePakistan’s parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Wednesday to expand the powers of the army chief and curb the remit of its Supreme Court, a move that critics said had done irreparable harm to the country’s democracy. The lower house of parliament approved the legislation with a more than two-thirds majority, with only four lawmakers […]
Read MoreThe Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have reportedly ordered that all female patients, caretakers, and staff must wear a burka – a full-body veil – to enter public hospitals in the western city of Herat, according to medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The BBC, citing MSF officials, reported that the restrictions came into effect on […]
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