India rushes food, medicine to Lanka
Sri Lanka accepted a rice and pharmaceuticals shipment from neighbouring India yesterday as the island nation battles an unprecedented economic crisis that
Aftershock takes more lives in Afghanistan as death toll rises to 1,150
An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from a powerful earthquake that state media said killed 1,150 people this week.
India restarts diplomacy with Afghanistan after a year amid earthquake crisis
India yesterday (June 23, 2022) re-established its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan as it deployed a "technical team" in its embassy in Kabul, less than a year after New Delhi withdrew officials from its embassy after the Taliban seized power last August.
Crisis-hit Lanka plans donor conference
Sri Lanka will call China, India and Japan to a donor conference to drum up more foreign assistance and present an interim budget in August, the prime minister said yesterday, amid ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
BJP nominates tribal, female politician for India president
A female Indian politician from a tribal community has been nominated as presidential candidate by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, officials said yesterday.
Myanmar minister attends Asean defence meeting
Myanmar’s military-appointed defence minister joined a meeting of his Southeast Asian counterparts yesterday, despite pressure from some countries in the regional bloc and pro-democracy groups to exclude the junta from such gatherings.
India rushes food, medicine to Lanka
Sri Lanka accepted a rice and pharmaceuticals shipment from neighbouring India yesterday as the island nation battles an unprecedented economic crisis that
Aftershock takes more lives in Afghanistan as death toll rises to 1,150
An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from a powerful earthquake that state media said killed 1,150 people this week.
India restarts diplomacy with Afghanistan after a year amid earthquake crisis
India yesterday (June 23, 2022) re-established its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan as it deployed a "technical team" in its embassy in Kabul, less than a year after New Delhi withdrew officials from its embassy after the Taliban seized power last August.
‘Nothing is left here’
Organised rescue efforts are struggling to reach the site of an earthquake in Afghanistan that has killed more than 1,000 people, as survivors dig through the rubble by hand to find those still missing.
Record floods threaten southern China
Record floods were expected in parts of southern China yesterday as heavy rains pushed water levels in the Pearl River delta to their highest in almost a century.
India will support Lanka’s recovery
India’s top diplomat yesterday held talks with Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister as India signalled its willingness to go beyond the $4 billion
Suu Kyi sent to solitary confinement
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi remained in strong spirits after being transferred from house arrest to prison, a source with knowledge of the case said yesterday, and would “calmly” face her new solitary confinement.
Rohingya woman arrested at India-Nepal border
Indian security forces apprehended a Rohingya woman for illegally staying in the country, officials said today.
Earthquake response in Afghanistan becomes harder with Taliban's isolation
A devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed at least 1,000 people and flattened homes in remote villages close to the Pakistani border, poses the biggest challenge yet for the Taliban since they seized power nearly a year ago.
Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday.