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          The Bombay Stock Exchange building. Indian equities have maintained an upward trend despite global economic and geopolitical headwinds. EPA

          India set for an equity boom after latest MSCI additions

          MarketsNovember 20, 2023
          Pakistani Taliban fighters sit in the back of a pickup truck in 2009. Nine militants from the Tehreek-e-Jihad group were killed in an attack on an air force base in Punjab province early on Saturday. Reuters

          Nine militants killed in 'surprising' attack on Pakistan air base

          WorldNovember 04, 2023
          A baby mountain gorilla in the Sabyinyo Mountains of Rwanda. The country is the first African host of the ongoing World Travel and Tourism Council's annual global summit. AFP

          Global tourism recovering faster than expected, WTTC says

          Travel and TourismNovember 01, 2023
          Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, with his daughter Maryam Nawaz, waves to supporters in Lahore. EPA

          'No revenge mission' for Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif in return to politics

          AsiaOctober 30, 2023
          From left, The Brotherless Night; The Covenant of Water; and Welcome Me to the Kingdom. Photo: Penguin Random House; Groove Press; Random House

          Six new novels from Asian authors to add to your reading list

          BooksOctober 26, 2023
          An uprooted tree blocks a road in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, after Cyclone Hamoon made landfall on Wednesday. AFP

          At least two dead as Cyclone Hamoon hits Bangladesh

          AsiaOctober 25, 2023
          China's former defence minister Li Shangfu at the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in June 2023. Reuters

          China removes defence minister in cabinet reshuffle

          AsiaOctober 24, 2023
          Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addresses the GCC-Asean summit in Riyadh. SPA

          Saudi Crown Prince says civilians are 'paying the price' in Gaza

          GulfOctober 20, 2023
          Pedestrians along the Bund in Shanghai. China's economic growth has slowed significantly after sharp expansion earlier this year. Bloomberg

          IMF maintains 2023 economic outlook but growth remains uneven amid headwinds

          EconomyOctober 10, 2023
          Japan issued the tsunami warning as the Fukushima nuclear plant is set to begin its second discharge of treated water. EPA

          Japan issues tsunami warning after 6.6-magnitude quake

          AsiaOctober 05, 2023
          Pakistan has asked all illegal immigrants, including Afghans, to voluntarily return to their home countries before October 30. AP

          Taliban reject Pakistan's expulsion threat to Afghan immigrants

          AsiaOctober 04, 2023
          Officials at the the ground-breaking ceremony for the new terminal. Photo: DP World

          DP World JV starts building container terminal in East Java

          EconomyOctober 04, 2023
          Residents being evacuated in Muguthang, India. AFP

          At least 23 Indian soldiers missing in Sikkim flash flood

          AsiaOctober 04, 2023
          A boat sets out from a port on the Philippine island of Luzon. Eleven crew members survived after their fishing vessel was rammed by a foreign vessel about 160km north-west of Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Reuters

          Three Filipino fishermen killed in ramming incident in South China Sea

          WorldOctober 04, 2023
          Pakistani security personnel guard a checkpoint in Quetta, Balochistan, after a blast in Mastung district that killed dozens of people. EPA

          Report reveals rise in violent deaths among Pakistan security forces

          AsiaOctober 02, 2023
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          AsiaSeptember 30, 2023
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