Cambodian authorities arrested the leader of the main opposition party on Sunday, accusing him of treason in a move that sharply escalated political tensions in the Southeast Asian nation ahead of national elections next year. His party denied the allegations and said the charges were politically motivated. The arrest of Kem Sokha during a midnight raid on his Phnom Penh […]
» Read moreA car bomb killed at least eight people in a crowded vegetable market in a Shia Muslim district of Baghdad on Monday, police and medics said. No group immediately claimed responsibility, though the Sunni Muslim militants of the Islamic State (IS) have said they carried out a string of other recent attacks in the capital. The car rigged with explosives […]
» Read moreIranian state TV is reporting that a light, 4.9 magnitude earthquake has injured 10 people in northern Iran. The report says the pre-dawn temblor struck early today about some 600 km northwest of the capital, Tehran, at a depth of 6 kilometers. It says those hurt sustained only slight injuries and were treated on site. There were no reports of […]
» Read moreChina on Thursday slammed India for apparently building a new road in the Ladakh sector, but lavished praise on Pakistan as its key partner. The move signals a sharper polarisation of Beijing’s ties in the subcontinent, following the Doklam crisis. “It seems that Indian side is slapping its own face,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, in response to […]
» Read moreLooking at the steady increase in tourist arrivals from India, Israel is eyeing one lakh Indian travellers to visit the country by the next year. “We have been very focused in tourism promotions in India and easing the visa process. This year in the first seven months till July we have already hosted 34,000 Indian tourists. This is expected to […]
» Read moreQatar will build a stadium shaped like an Arabian skull cap for the 2022 World Cup, organisers said on Sunday, as the Gulf state moves ahead with preparations for the tournament despite a diplomatic rift with its neighbours. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates imposed sanctions on fellow U.S. ally, Qatar in June, and cut all transport […]
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