A plenary meeting in progress during the 37th session of World Heritage Committee at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yesterday.
A plenary meeting in progress during the 37th session of World Heritage Committee at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yesterday.
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court sentenced 10 Islamic militants to death yesterday after finding them guilty of assisting a deadly suicide bombing in 2005,...
YANGON: Her adoring compatriots believe democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is destined to become Myanmar’s next president. But don’t bet on it....
BEIJING: A Chinese astronaut orbiting more than 300km above the Earth’s surface delivered a video class to children across the country yesterday, state...
JAKARTA: Indonesia yesterday accused Singapore of acting “like a child” over choking smog from forest fires in Sumatra that has triggered the city-state’s...
DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Thursday accused the Bangladesh government of “snatching” control of the Grameen Bank from the poor after it...
TOKYO: Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer claimed yesterday the Chinese government used military force in the latest episode of what she calls “ethnic...
A worker dismissed by a local steel manufacturing company, with used motor oil on his face looks on after a clash with police...
MANILA: The United States and the Philippines are to hold joint naval manoeuvres in the South China Sea next week between the main...
MANILA: “Rampant corruption” in all government levels weakened efforts against human trafficking in the Philippines, which remains non-compliant to international anti-trafficking standards, a...
MANILA: The Philippines faces massive storms that will devastate coastal communities and informal settlements due to climate change and global warming, a report...
MANILA: Police arrested three Chinese in a drug sting that started in Binondo, Manila, and ended in Cavite, resulting in the confiscation of...
MANILA: The Philippines financial capital banned disposable plastic shopping bags and styrofoam food containers yesterday, as part of escalating efforts across the nation’s...
MANILA: President Benigno Aquino yesterday threatened to withdraw Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights unless they receive anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons and are...
Rota Chairperson HESheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at the Hun Sen Rota School in Kandal province, Cambodia. Phnom Penh:...
Firefighters taking part in the mock fire drill. Doha: The General Directorate of Civil Defence conducted a mock fire drill at the Ooreedoo...
DOHA: Four new projects were recently announced after a three-day field visit by a Qatar Friendship Fund (QFF) team to Japan’s Tohoku region. ...
The Ambassador of Turkey, H Emre Yunt, (second right) with the General Manager of Turkish Airlines, Mehmed Caymaz (right); the Chairman of Qatar-Turkish...
