Iran's parliament on Sunday impeached the country's finance minister and voted to remove him from office amid growing concerns over the crashing rial and accusations of mismanagement. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf announced that 182 out of 273 lawmakers voted to dismiss Abdolnasser He
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged European leaders on Sunday to step up their defence efforts to not only help secure peace in Ukraine but stability across the continent at a summit staged as a show of support for President Volodymyr Zelensky. Just two days after Zelensky clashed with US P
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Sunday that Egypt’s Gaza reconstruction plan, which ensures Palestinians remain in their land, is ready and will be presented at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo on Tuesday. Arab states, which were swift to reject President Donald Trump&rsquo
A passenger bus carrying over 30 passengers plunged into a ravine in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, killing seven and injuring 25, according to the Myanmar Fire Services Department. The accident occurred around 8:00 pm local time on Saturday in Kengtung township, Shan state, reports Xinhua. The cr
Four out of the 50 workers trapped in an avalanche in India’s Uttarakhand have died, while five remain missing, according to the Times of India. The avalanche struck the village of Mana on Friday. When the avalanche struck, the workers were assigned to a Border Roads Organisation, or BRO, hi
Three policemen were injured in an attack on a police station in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Saturday, officials said. Some unidentified assailants hurled a cracker explosive at the police station, and fled the scene, sources from Karachi police told Xinhua. The device landed insi
Six terrorists were killed in an exchange of firing with security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, the country's military said. The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the North Waziristan district of the province on the reported presen
Nepal imported 6,256 electric vehicles (EVs) during the first seven months of the current 2024-25 fiscal year, up 1.57 per cent over the same period of 2023-24. The EVs were worth 14.75 billion rupees (1.05 billion US dollars) and a total of 9.08 billion rupees (64.7 million dollars) were collecte
Muslims across most Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, will begin fasting on Saturday following the sighting of the moon marking the start of Ramadan. According to Arab News, a daily based in Riyadh, the moon was spotted in Saudi Arabia on Friday evening. In response, the government announced
Coco Wen took advantage of China's consumer subsidies to buy herself a new iPhone for about two thirds of the original price. At the same time, she's cutting spending on other things. "I usually celebrate my birthdays with a fancy meal, but this year I skipped that," said the 31-year-old, who work
6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, early Friday morning. However, there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the tremor was recorded at 2:51 am along the Kodari Highway in S
More than 1,000 Syrians died in detention at a military airport on the outskirts of Damascus, killed by execution, torture or maltreatment at a site that was widely feared, according to a report to be published Thursday tracing the deaths to seven suspected grave sites. In the report, shared exclu
An ongoing effort targeting scam compounds along Thailand’s border with Myanmar has led to only a small proportion of workers there being pulled out, a top Thai opposition lawmaker said, calling for more comprehensive measures to stomp out a booming illegal industry. Thailand - backed by Chi
