This year’s Chinese New Year celebration witnessed a significant resurgence in consumer spending in cross-border tourism in Malaysia, signalling a robust rebound post-Covid-19. Malaysia became the fifth most popular destination globally for Chinese tourists, …
The Taliban held a public execution on Monday of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium, the third such death sentence to be carried out in …
Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been elected the chief minister of the key province of Punjab – the country’s first woman to hold the post. Maryam’s …
With the gaze of much of the world fixed on the carnage unfolding in Gaza, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin continues to expand his country’s reach in Africa. Russia, in the form of the private …
Iran has launched a scheme to explore and use new undersea gas reserves in the Persian Gulf, considering an inevitable drop of pressure at the giant South Pars gas field, shared with Qatar. The …
Qatar has announced new plans to expand output from the world’s biggest natural gas field, saying it will boost capacity to 142 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) before 2030. The new North Field …
A British-registered ship attacked in the Red Sea has been damaged but has not sunk, BBC Verify has discovered. On Monday, Houthi fighters claimed to have sunk the Rubymar. It would have been the …
Chairman of the Parliament of Turkmenistan Dunyagozel Gulmanova and Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Japan Fukushiro Nukaga held a meeting in Tokyo on February 22, the Foreign Ministry of …
ep. Mike Gallagher and four other members of the House select committee on China met with President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei in a show of support for the Beijing-claimed island. A U.S. congressional delegation …
They just can’t take a joke. The former president Donald Trump made a sarcastic crack about encouraging Russia to attack NATO members that didn’t invest in their defense, and hysteria enveloped both Washington and …