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Cash-strapped Pakistan makes formal request to IMF for another bailout
Pakistan also requested to dispatch the International Monetary Fund (IMF) review mission next month to firm up details of the next bailout package.
Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran
Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran
Maldives polls to test President Mohamed Muizzu’s anti-India policy, China ties
Splits in all the main political parties, including Muizzu's People's National Congress (PNC), are expected to make it hard for any single party to win a majority.
About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee to Thailand after fresh clashes in key border town
People with children waded across the river with their belongings and were received by Thai officials on the river bank. Several are seen taking shelter in buildings along the river bank on the Myanmar side.
Five Japanese workers narrowly escape suicide bombing that targeted their vehicle in Pakistan
The van had been heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals worked at Pakistan Suzuki Motors, local police chief Arshad Awan said.
US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victims
Nagasaki Gov. Kengo Oishi said that he believed Thomas-Greenfield's visit and her first-person experience at the museum "will be a strong message in promoting momentum of nuclear disarmament for the international society at a time the world…
Israel attacks Iran in retaliation, targets several towns including Teheran
Our sources are on high alert and will keep sending latest developments on the situtaion in West asia
US and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran’s weekend attack on Israel
Iran’s attack on Israel early Sunday came in response to what it says was an Israeli strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria earlier this month.
China and Indonesia call for cease-fire in Gaza
Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi told reporters that the two countries share the same view about the importance of a cease-fire.
Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat
Authorities said they were rushing to evacuate more than 11,000 residents from the area around Tagulandang, home to around 20,000 people.
New study calculates climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049
The world’s poorest countries will suffer 61% bigger income loss than the richest ones, the study calculated.
Snake on a train delays Japanese bullet service
First launched in 1964, the shinkansen network has never suffered an accident resulting in any passenger fatalities or injuries, according to Japan Railways.
Pakistan High Court orders government to restore X in one week: lawyer
The ruling came after more than two months of disruption ordered by the interior ministry.
Volcano erupts in Indonesia’s outermost region, hundreds evacuated
The first eruption pushed an ash column two kilometres (1.2 miles) into the sky, with the second eruption pushing it to 2.5 kilometres, Muhammad Wafid, head of the geological agency said in a statement.
Amidst war in Gaza, Adani-Elbit exporting drones to Israel: Reports
Amid the ongoing war, they have sent Hermes 900 drones that are used for both surveillance and airstrikes.
UN demands Israeli forces ‘immediately’ stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians
The West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has seen a surge in violence since early last year, particularly since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza on October 7.
China’s economy grew 5.3% in first quarter of 2024, beating expectations
Industrial output for the first quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same time last year, and retail sales grew at an annual pace of 4.7%.
Sri Lanka fails to strike deal with sovereign bondholders for USD 12 billion debt restructuring
Sri Lanka aims to complete debt restructuring agreements with private creditors and sovereign bond-holders by June, in time for the next review of the IMF bailout programme.
Iran closed nuclear facilities in wake of Israel attack: IAEA chief
Israel has carried out operations against nuclear sites in the region before.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave
Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the 72-year-old former president of her ousted government, were among the elderly and infirm prisoners moved from out of prison because of the severe heat.