Geography of Asia
Indian Soldiers Kill Five Rebels In Kashmir
Indian soldiers killed five suspected rebels Friday in a shoot-out near the de facto border that divides disputed...
Gulf Crisis Grows As Saudi, Allies Place Qataris On ‘terror List’
The diplomatic crisis surrounding the Gulf escalated further Friday after Saudi Arabia and its allies placed a number...
Qatar Rejects Saudi-Led Bloc’s ‘terror’ List
Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" by four Arab...
Turkey Says Iraqi Kurds’ Referendum Plan A ‘grave Mistake’
Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be...
Qatar Slams Saudi, Allies Terrorism List As ‘baseless’
Qatar on Friday dismissed as "baseless" a terrorism blacklist published by Saudi Arabia and its allies which linked...
Art Seeks To Heal Wounds In Divided Cyprus
Inside an art gallery on the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Selma Bolayir draws a large yellow sun on a...
Palestinian Violinist Brings Music To Young Refugees
As a boy, Ramzi Aburedwan found himself caught up in the first Palestinian uprising, a well-known photo at the time...
Saudi Snub To Minute’s Silence ‘a Disgrace’
The Saudi Arabia football team was accused of "a disgraceful lack of respect" Friday for failing to observe a minute's...
Saudi, Allies Issue Qatar-Linked ‘terrorism’ List
Saudi Arabia and allies, which have cut ties with Doha, on Friday issued a list of individuals and entities they say...
Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Says Battling Cyber Attack
Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Thursday that it was under a widescale cyber attack which had targeted "all...
Kuwait Parliament Passes Deficit Budget
Kuwait's parliament Thursday passed the budget for the 2017/18 fiscal year, projecting a deficit for the third year in...
Turkey In ‘difficult Position’ Over Support For Qatar
Turkey is keen to support its close ally Qatar in a diplomatic crisis with Doha's Gulf neighbours, but has found itself...
Death For Nine Filipinos Over 2013 Malaysia Invasion
Nine Filipinos who were part of an armed group that invaded and occupied part of Malaysian Borneo in 2013, in an...
Israel Advances Plans For Further 1,500 Settler Homes
Israel has advanced plans for a further 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Peace Now said on...
Qatar Says State News Agency First Hacked In April
Qatari investigators have said that a cyber attack which saw the publication of explosive fake news last month that...
GCC Nations Issue More Threats Against Qatar
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) threatened to impose an economic embargo against Qatar while Bahrain said "any options"...
Debris and Bodies Found After Search
The Burmese army says debris and bodies have been found after a military plane went missing with 122 people on board....
Hanoi Train Factory Fades From Glory
Built by the French to fix trains for their fast-developing Vietnamese colony, the Gia Lam factory later churned out...
Rural Thai City Emerges As Sporting Camelot
A 'godfather' of Thai politics is using cash and contacts to transform his once poor, forgotten rice-farming fiefdom...