NUR-SULTAN – Karim Masimov, former chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, has been detained on suspicion of high treason, the committee announced yesterday. Masimov and unnamed others were placed in a temporary…
MALE – Visiting Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said here yesterday that, China-Maldives relations, through 50 years of joint efforts, have become a model of friendly exchanges and win-win cooperation. Wang…
ISLAMABAD – At least 22 tourists died in freezing temperatures, after being stranded in heavy snow, in Pakistan’s northern Murree city, police sources said. All the bodies have been recovered by civil and military…
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Women have set the theme for International Women’s Day, as “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” which will be marked by a high-level virtual event on Tuesday, March…
HANOI – Vietnam reported 16,553 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 16,513 locally transmitted and 40 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the locality with the highest number of…
YANGON– Myanmar’s military, planned to further extend its ceasefire with ethnic armed groups until the end of 2022, according to a joint statement, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs late Friday. Senior General…
TEHRAN – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, said yesterday that, the disputes, or so-called “open parenthesis,” are decreasing in the ongoing Vienna talks. Bagheri Kani made the remarks, at the end of…
Novak Djokovic spent a fourth day on Sunday among the unwilling occupants of Melbourne's Park Hotel. The tennis superstar is awaiting court proceedings on Monday that will determine whether he can defend his Australian…
