At least 14 people were killed and 46 injured as a bus overturned on an intercity road in Iran's southeastern province of Kerman on Sunday, the official news agency IRNA reported. The incident took place at 17:17 local time (1347 GMT) on the road from Kerman, the provincial capital, to Ravar Count
The Lower House of India's parliament early Thursday passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments. The bill would add non-Muslims to boards that manage waqf land endowments and give the governm
Myanmar’s ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the ongoing civil conflict to support relief operations after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake killed over 3,000 people. The unexpected announcement was broadcast on state-run MRTV late Wednesday, stating that hostilities would pause
The Indian government on Wednesday presented a bill in parliament that plans sweeping changes in the management of vast tracts of land set aside solely for Muslim use, potentially stoking tensions between the government and minority Muslims. The land and properties fall under the “waqf&rdquo
Myanmar's deadliest natural disaster in years has strengthened the position of ruling general Min Aung Hlaing, by opening diplomatic channels closed for four years after his junta ousted an elected government to unleash a brutal civil war. Just before Friday's quake of magnitude 7.7 that killed al
Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology reported on Monday that 36 aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 2.8 to 7.5, have occurred as of Monday morning. The aftershocks followed a devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that jolted Myanmar at 12:51 p.m. local time last Friday.
The Royal Court announced on Saturday that the Supreme Court has declared Sunday, March 30, 2025, as the first day of Eid Al Fitr for the year 1446 AH, Saudi Gazette reports. The decision came after the crescent moon of Shawwal was sighted in several locations across the Kingdom, marking the end o
Win Win has been glued to social media for the past day, trying to work out whether her family in Myanmar's Mandalay survived Friday's powerful earthquake, distracting herself at the Taiwan restaurant where she works by serving samosas and other snacks. "We spoke last night but then nothing today.
When Friday's powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar, Htet Min Oo was performing ritual ablutions before Ramadan prayers at a mosque next to his house in Mandalay. His home collapsed along with part of the mosque, trapping half his body with the rubble of a wall that buried two of his aunts. R
In the hours after a massive earthquake flattened buildings in Myanmar's Mandalay on Friday, survivors scrambled through the debris using their bare hands in desperate attempts to save those still trapped.Without heavy machinery to assist them and with authorities absent, a resident a
The industry ministers of South Korea and China met on Saturday to discuss the evolving global trade environment and agreed to cooperate bilaterally as well as on multinational trade forums, the South's industry ministry said. China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao is visiting Seoul for a three-way
China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday, the day U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Manila, which disputes some of Beijing's claims in the waterway. A spokesman for the Southern Theatre Command of the People's Liberati
Nepal's government is investigating deadly violence that occurred during a rally by the supporters of the former king seeking the restoration of constitutional monarchy, a minister said on Saturday. Two people were killed on Friday and at least 112 injured, including 77 security officials, authori
