The arrest and trial of veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, among other incidents, suggest a possible “weaponizing” of the law in an “orchestrated attempt” to silence the government’s critics, …
India Says Three Soldiers Died in Clash With Chinese Troops
India says at least three of its soldiers have died in a “violent” clash with Chinese troops at a section along their unmarked border high in the Himalayas, in the first fatalities resulting from …
Qatar- New platform using data technology blockchain may boost GCC sukuks, says S&P report
The new platform for sukuk issuance and management using data technology blockchain could boost GCC issuance volumes over time, S & P Global Ratings has said in a report. Launched last year, the …
Top Qatar State Companies Cut Wage Bills Over Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — Some of Qatar’s biggest state-owned companies have cut their wage bills as part of a wider government plan to reduce spending and bolster finances to mitigate the impact of the …
Home Is Where Singapore’s New Casino Is
The house arrest of pandemic lockdowns seems to have thrown open the gambling switch in our brains.How else to rationalize the frothy frenzy across asset classes globally, a madness so complete that …
Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hits Jammu-Kashmir, third in three days
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said, the third to hit the union territory in three days. However, there were no reports of any damage, …
India pledges to construct sanitation facility at Nepal’s iconic Pashupatinath Temple
India has pledged to construct a ₹2.33 crore sanitation facility at the iconic Pashupatinath Temple complex here to improve the infrastructure in the holy shrine for the pilgrims, according to an …
U.S., China Plan Big Spending to Bolster Economies: Virus Update
Global cases surpassed 8 million as Beijing shut some areas to contain a virus cluster and data scientists predicted India’s numbers may surge after it abandoned a lockdown.China will sell 1 trillion …
Qatar Airways to lay off some pilots, cut wages
Qatar Airways will lay off some pilots and reduce the salaries of others by as much as a quarter due to the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic, according to two sources familiar with the matter …
What do new U.S. sanctions mean for Syria?
The toughest U.S. sanctions yet on Syria take effect this week, increasing the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad as he grapples with a deepening economic crisis after a decade of war. Washington s …