Рубрика: Asia 3

Kazakhstan has elected interim leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the country’s first new president in three decades, according to election officials. The hand-picked successor of former longtime …

Sudan’s ruling military has accused the protest movement of escalation as the second day of the opposition’s general strike kicked in. Opposition and protest groups …

The government-approved “Public Opinion” pollster on Sunday gave Tokayev, 66, a career diplomat and interim president, 70 percent of the vote while his closest rival Amirzhan Kosanov got …

Qatar and other countries have been talking to both Iran and the United States about de-escalation, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said, urging both sides …

Public transport was barely functioning and most commercial banks, private companies and markets were shut, though some state banks and public utility offices were open. …

Beirut, Lebanon – An accidental fire near a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon‘s Bekaa Valley has set off a chain of incidents that displaced 600 refugees while …

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made an unscheduled visit to a Colombo church bombed during the Easter suicide attacks on his first trip to neighbouring Sri Lanka since his election …

Iranian police have shut down 547 restaurants and cafes in Tehran for not observing “Islamic principles”, the capital’s police chief has said. “The owners of restaurants and cafes in …

The call for the campaign by the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), which first launched protests against former President Omar al-Bashir, came days after a bloody crackdown …

A climate change paper grabbed headlines this week with its terrifying prediction of what the world will be in 30 years’ time – absent drastic …