Geography of Asia
Turkey Maintains Ban On German Visits To Incirlik Base
Turkey will maintain a ban on visits by German politicians to a key airbase used for raids against the Islamic State...
Skin Cure Fad Driving Myanmar Elephant Poaching Surge
Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand...
Tillerson Tells China To ‘step Up’ On North Korea
China and other nations must strengthen efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State...
UAE’s Etihad To Suspend Flights To Qatar
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Monday it would suspend flights to Qatar after the United Arab Emirates was among major...
Four Countries Cut Links With Doha
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of...
China Rejects ‘irresponsible’ US Remarks On S China Sea
China has expressed "firm opposition" to remarks made by US Pentagon chief Jim Mattis during a regional defence summit...
Indian Troops In Kashmir Kill Four Attackers
Indian paramilitary forces killed four attackers who tried to storm their camp in the disputed Kashmir region early...
Gulf States, Egypt Cut Ties With Qatar
Gulf states on Monday cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Qatar and kicked it out of a military coalition, less than...
Syria Army Takes Aleppo Town From IS
Syria's army Sunday seized a key town from the Islamic State group in the east of Aleppo province, a military source...
Western Wall Must Be Under Jewish Sovereignty
One of Judaism's holiest sites, the Western Wall in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, must remain under "Jewish...
Syria’s Assad Says War’s ‘worst Is Behind Us’
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has said the worst of his country's six-year war "is behind us" after a string of...
Anti-Terror Agency Raids Homes of Kashmir Separatists
India's anti-terrorism agency Saturday searched the homes of separatist leaders in restive Kashmir as part of an...
Bahrain Minister Briefly Hacked After Qatar Cyber Attack
Hackers temporarily took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday, just 10 days after a...
Joint Patrols Off Mindanao To Fight Militants
Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia will launch joint patrols in waters off the Mindanao region this month to...
Billions Spent On Settlers Since Israel Captured West Bank
Successive Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars over the past 50 years on settlements in the occupied...
FBI Helping Qatar In ‘hacking’ Probe
The FBI is helping Qatar investigate the source of an alleged "hack" of state media which sparked diplomatic tensions...
John McCain Visits ‘Big Bad John’ US Destroyer In Vietnam
US senator John McCain visited an American missile destroyer dubbed "Big Bad John" that docked in Vietnam Friday, as...
Bangladesh Rescues 24 More Cyclone Survivors From Sea
The Bangladesh navy said Friday it has rescued 24 more fishermen from the Bay of Bengal, bringing the total to 80 since...
Palestinians Pour Into Jerusalem For Ramadan Prayers
Thousands of Palestinians poured into Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of...