The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar's ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not certify the poll, Malaysia's foreign minister said. Speaking to parliament, Minister Mohamad Hasan also said ASEAN was hoping to finalise a code
The fourth meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Environment and Climate Change (JWG-ECC) was held in Bhutanese capital Thimphu recently, emphasising regional cooperation and the mobilisation of climate finance. The two-day meeting was hosted by Bhutan, the lead country for the Environment
An explosion tore through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in a heavily guarded part of Afghanistan's capital on Monday, killing a Chinese national and six Afghans and injuring several others, including a child, officials said. The restaurant was in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood of K
An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck northwestern Kashmir in Pakistan on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 35km (21.75 miles), the EMSC said.
Some citizens in Iran have been provided with access to the Internet after several days of nationwide blackout, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Saturday, without giving more details. Also on Saturday, the country restored short message service (SMS), reports Xinhua. Iran imposed se
A large fire swept through Gul Plaza, a multistory shopping mall in Karachi late Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring around a dozen others, officials said. Firefighters and rescue teams rushed to the scene shortly after 10 p.m. local time. Most shop owners had already left or were
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Iran considers US President Donald Trump a "criminal" for inflicting casualties, damage, and slander on the Iranian people during the protests. "The latest anti-Iran sedition was different in that the US President personally became involved,
A Chinese reconnaissance drone briefly flew over the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea on Saturday, in what Taiwan's defence ministry called a "provocative and irresponsible" move. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, reports
Iran has planned a “permanent break” from the global internet, allowing only individuals vetted by the regime to connect online, according to digital rights activists. Bdnews24.com, citing The Guardian, reported that a confidential plan is underway to make international internet access
More than 3,000 people have died in Iran's nationwide protests, rights activists said on Saturday, while a "very slight rise" in internet activity was reported in the country after an eight-day blackout. The US-based HRANA group said it had verified 3,090 deaths, including 2,885 protesters, after
Iran's deadly crackdown appears to have broadly quelled protests for now, according to a rights group and residents, as state media reported more arrests on Friday in the shadow of US threats to intervene if killing continues. After President Donald Trump's repeated threats of military action agai
Electric air taxis developed by Joby Aviation are set to begin commercial operations in Dubai by the end of this year, Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority Chairman Mattar Al Tayer said on Friday. Joby Aviation conducted the first test flight of its fully electric air taxi in the emirate in June
A major fire that broke out early on Friday in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of Seoul was brought under control and fully extinguished about eight hours later, a fire official said. "We are relieved that we were able to extinguish the fire without any casualties," the official s
