South Korea's justice minister has pledged to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments. Using unusually strong language for a senior South Korean official, Just
Iran expects to restore most damaged refining and distribution facilities to 70–80 per cent of their pre-attack capacity within one to two months, a senior oil official said, as authorities work to recover from a wave of strikes on energy infrastructure. Deputy Minister of Oil Mohammad Sadeq
Saudi Arabia has restored full oil pumping capacity through the East-West pipeline to about seven million barrels per day, it said on Sunday, days after providing an assessment of damage on its energy sector from attacks during the Iran conflict. The ministry said energy facilities and the pipelin
Pranay Kumar Verma, the Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, has been appointed as the country’s next ambassador to Belgium and the European Union. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs made the announcement in a press release on Friday. “He is expected to take up the assignment
Voting has begun across key Indian regions, with turnout gaining momentum in Assam while Kerala remains slightly behind in the current phase of elections. On Thursday, polling opened for high-stakes contests in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry, setting the tone for a competitive electoral round. Th
In a significant recognition of international media leadership and South Asian representation in global governance, Raju Lama, International President of the SAARC Journalist Forum, will participate in the 25th Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) at th
India's sugar production is set to fall below consumption for a second straight year, as lower cane yields force mills to close faster than usual, trade officials told Reuters on Thursday. Lower output, coupled with rising exports, is likely to reduce domestic stockpiles and support local prices,
Myanmar's parliament will hold a bicameral vote to elect a president on Friday, house speaker Aung Lin Dwe said on Thursday, with the country's former military chief and junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in the running for the position. The 69-year-old general, who led a 2021 coup that ousted the democ
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had killed a senior Hezbollah official in an overnight attack. Israel's navy killed Haj Youssef Ismail Hashem, the commander of Hezbollah's southern front, the country's military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a statement on X. Hezbollah later confir
Indonesia's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" the attacks in southern Lebanon that killed three United Nations peacekeepers from Indonesia, adding that ongoing Israeli military operations have placed U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon at grave risk. The three Indon
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was nominated by a lawmaker on Monday for a parliamentary vote that will select the new president of the war-torn Southeast Asian nation, as the powerful veteran general seeks a political role. Min Aung Hlaing, who currently also serves as Myanmar's military chi
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the acceleration of waste-to-energy development, stressing that waste in major cities should be immediately processed into energy as part of efforts to address the country's long-standing waste problem. The directive was delivered during a meeting
A fire broke out around lunchtime at a car parts factory in the South Korean city of Daejeon on Friday, leaving 10 people dead, 25 seriously injured and 34 with minor injuries, the country's safety ministry said on Saturday. Four other workers were still missing, and the government has activated a
