The Foreign Office (FO) said that India was preventing humanitarian assistance from being sent to Sri Lanka by air, prompting Islamabad to send aid by sea to the south Asian island, where severe flooding and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah مزید پڑھیں
The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of مزید پڑھیں
In a shocking turn of events near Sydney, Australia, two planes have collided mid-air, resulting in the death of a pilot. The incident occurred near Wedderburn Airfield, where emergency responders rushed to the scene after reports of a mid-flight crash. مزید پڑھیں
Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia’s health has deteriorated since being admitted to a hospital, prompting her family and party members to urge citizens to pray for her speedy recovery. Zia, 80, was admitted to a hospital on November 23 مزید پڑھیں
At least three Chinese workers in Tajikistan were killed in an attack launched from Afghanistan near the border, Tajik authorities said. Tajikistan has strained relations with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and several border clashes have broken out in recent مزید پڑھیں
Saudi Arabia plans to open two new alcohol stores, including one serving non-Muslim, foreign staff at state oil giant Aramco, as the kingdom further eases restrictions, according to people briefed on the plans. The launch of outlets in the eastern مزید پڑھیں
Israel claimed to have killed Hezbollah’s top military official in an airstrike on a southern suburb of Beirut despite a US-brokered truce a year ago. The strike, the first on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital in months, targeted Hezbollah’s مزید پڑھیں
President Donald Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House , with the Saudi de facto ruler seeking to further rehabilitate his global image after the 2018 killing of United States-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and deepen ties مزید پڑھیں
A Bangladesh court convicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return مزید پڑھیں
A light truck crashed into a market in South Korea ploughing 150 metres (164 yards) along a passageway lined with stalls before coming to a halt, killing two people and injuring 18, according to emergency officials and media reports. The مزید پڑھیں