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US envoy Hochstein says he thinks Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah can avoid war

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said on Wednesday he believed all-out war between Israel and Lebanon's powerful militant group Hezbollah could be avoided but that Israel and Hamas needed

PM Shehbaz Sharif pledges to unveil 5-year plan to bring economic stability as Pakistan turns 77

Islamabad, Aug 14 (PTI) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday announced that he would soon unveil a new five-year plan to bring cash-strapped Pakistan out...

Locals organise protests in North Waziristan against targeted killings and human rights abuses by Pakistan security forces

Miranshah August 14 (ANI): In the North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan thousands of KPK residents gathered on streets to...

Thai court removes PM Srettha over ethical breach in cabinet selection

Bangkok , August 14 (ANI): On Wednesday, August 14, Thailand's Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office due to his appointment of...

Hindu family’s house torched in Bangladesh: Report

Dhaka, Aug 14 (PTI) Arsonists torched a house belonging to a Hindu family with no political affiliation in northwest Bangladesh, a media report...

2nd case filed against Bangladesh’s ousted PM Hasina

Dhaka, Aug 14 (PTI) A case of enforced disappearance was filed on Wednesday against Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and several others,...

Hong Kong activist gets three days in jail in prison complaint form case

By Jessie Pang and Marcus Lum HONG KONG(Reuters) - A Hong Kong court jailed pro-democracy activist Owen Chow for three days on Wednesday and levied a fine on his solicitor, Phyllis Woo, for taking a

Germany asks Poland to arrest Ukrainian diver in Nord Stream probe, media reports

By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has asked Poland to arrest a Ukrainian diving instructor who was allegedly part of a team that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines two years ago, according

Srettha Thavisin’s dramatic rise and fall in Thai politics

By Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) - Srettha Thavisin won a parliamentary vote to become Thailand's prime minister last August, after a closely-fought election where his party had finished only

Factbox-What happens next after Thai PM Srettha Thavisin’s exit?

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was dismissed on Wednesday by the Constitutional Court for a breach of ethics in appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?