Asia

Pakistan urges UN to intervene over Kashmir tension with India

Pakistan’s attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan, right, greets Deepak Mittal, the joint secretary of India’s Foreign Ministry, as he present…

Indonesia submits bid to host 2032 Olympics

JAKARTA, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesia has submitted a bid to host the 2032 Olympics, after winning praise for hosting…

US-China trade talks resume in Washington from Tuesday: White House

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US-China trade talks aimed at ending a damaging tariff war resumed from Tuesday (Feb 19) in…

North Korea envoy en route to Hanoi ahead of Trump-Kim summit

BEIJING, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The North Korean special representative for the US arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, apparently en…

Budget 2019: 30% of Singapore Government expenditure to go towards defence, security and diplomacy

SINGAPORE, Feb 19 (NNN-CNA) — The Singapore government will spend about S$22.7 billion, or 30 per cent of its total expenditure…

Iran arrests militants linked to attack on Revolutionary Guards

TEHRAN, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) Revolutionary Guards have broken up a group of militants in southeast Iran who were linked to…

Update: Nine Killed In Kashmir Gun Battle

  PULWAMA (Kashmir), Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ninepeople, including four Indian soldiers and a policeman, have been killed in Indian-administered…

Maldives: Ex-president Yameen arrested over witness tampering – officials

MALE, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Maldives authorities detained former president Abdulla Yameen after he was accused of trying to bribe…

UAE assures Bangladesh of looking manpower issue positively

ABU DHABI (UAE), Feb 19 (NNN-BSS) — Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayad Al Nahyan assured Prime…

100 Australian Daesh Militants Unaccounted For In Middle East: Gov’t

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The fate of as many as 100 Australians, who left the country to fight…