Reuters, Kathmandu : Nepal’s cable federation said it would suspend Indian television channels and protesters marched in Kathmandu carrying an effigy of India’s prime minister on Monday, accusing their neighbour of imposing an economic blockade and meddling in internal politics.Tension between the two nations has spiked since Nepal adopted a new constitution last week, upsetting southern minority groups who fear being marginalised in a new federal structure.More than 40 people have been killed in protests in the country since last month....
AP, United Nations :The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday voted to adopt a resolution that demands Houthi militia...
AFP, Kabul :President Ashraf Ghani is being pushed to the sidelines as the Taliban ignores his overtures for peace and...
BBC Online :The UN and human rights groups have criticised Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to pardon a convicted...
AL Jazeera :Qataris have begun voting in the country’s first legislative elections for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council, in...
BSS :The first three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant in Vietnam have been confirmed in its southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday.The three people were all related to another COVID-19 patient who recently entered Vietnam from the United States, according to the HCMC Center for Disease Control. They had symptoms including sore throat and runny nose before coming to a private clinic for treatment.Their samples, which were sent for polymerase chain...
BSS :President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will urge his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a call Sunday to “end this war...
Reuters, Beirut :A two-day ceasefire between warring sides in Syria came into force on Thursday in a rebel-held town near...
AFP, Seoul :North and South Korea reached agreement Tuesday, following marathon talks, on ending a tense military stand-off that had...
BSS :Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin toasted a friendship with “no limits” at a warm meeting in February, but just one month later that bond is being tested bynthe war in Ukraine.With international outrage and sanctions mounting against Russia, Beijing is scrambling to avoid being tainted by association with Moscow while also maintaining their increasingly close ties.Once bitter Cold War rivals, China and Russia have moved closer than ever since Xi Jinping took power nearly a...
BBC Online :Sunni militants have seized another town in Iraq’s western Anbar province – the fourth in two days.Fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) captured Rutba, 90 miles (150km) east of Jordan’s border, officials said.They earlier seized a border crossing to Syria and two towns in western Iraq as they advance towards Baghdad.The insurgents intend to capture the whole of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province, a spokesman told the BBC.Rutba is strategically placed on the...
AP, Beijing :China said Thursday that U.S. lawmakers were wasting taxpayer money by urging President Donald Trump’s administration to impose...