Asia

Saudi investments to aid cash-strapped Pakistan

DUBAI, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A record investment package being prepared by Saudi Arabia for Pakistan will likely provide welcome…

Malaysia’s toppled leader Najib to go on trial over 1MDB scandal

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malaysia’s toppled leader Najib Razak will go on trial this week over an extraordinary financial scandal…

Turkey condemns China’s treatment of Uighurs

ANKARA, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey condemned China’s treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as “a great embarrassment for…

Bangladesh Receives 23 Mln USD Orders At Largest Annual Fair

DHAKA, Feb 10 (NNN-XINHUA) —Bangladesh exporters have received spot orders worth around 2 billion taka (23.8 million U.S. dollars) from international buyers at the…

India: 72 Killed After Consuming Illicit Liquor

NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — The death toll due to consumption of illicit liquor in northern India has risen to 72, officials has said.…

Five dead, three rescued in Kashmir avalanche

SRINAGAR, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three policemen were rescuedwhile five other bodies were recovered from an avalanche that buried10 people…

US envoy to meet with North Korea again ahead of Trump-Kim summit

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet for a…

New Zealand village “in hands of God” as fire threatens

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An entire village of more than 3,000 people was evacuated in New Zealand as a…

Bangladesh wants “safe haven” for Rohingyas in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (NNN-BSS) — Bangladesh wants a “safe haven” for theforcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Rakhine state by…

Thai princess pulls out after king opposes her prime ministerial bid

Photo courtesy TNA BANGKOK, Feb 9 (NNN- AGENCIES) – The Thai Raksa Chart party on Saturday withdrew the candidature of…