MP SPEAKS | Malaysia's record-high household debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 93.3 percent as at December 2020 only spotlights the financial pain of the Perikatan Nasional government's ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia increases Arab light crude oil price to Asia in May
Saudi Arabia increased the price of its Arab light crude for the Asian market by $0.4/barrel in May, compared to April, and lowered those for the U.S. and European markets by $0.1/barrel and ... ( read original story ...)
Comstor Middle East inks distribution agreement with Cisco for Saudi Arabia
Comstor Middle East has signed a distribution agreement with Cisco to market and distribute Cisco products and solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The agreement extends Comstor’s distribution ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi National Bank names Khudairy as chairman following NCB-SAMBA merger
Khudairy will replace Saeed Mohammed Alghamdi, who was earlier named as managing director and CEO of Saudi Arabia’s biggest lender, the bank said in a statement. Yazeed Abdulrahman al-Humied was named ... ( read original story ...)
US military withdrawal from Afghanistan might improve China’s security, analysts say
The US military withdrawal from Afghanistan may create uncertainty in neighbouring Xinjiang, but might improve China's security environment in the longer run, analysts have said. At Tuesday's ... ( read original story ...)
Security force member killed, 3 injured in bomb blast in Afghanistan
One security force member was killed, while three others sustained injuries in a roadside bomb blast in Paghman district in Kabul on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Protesters Decorate Easter Eggs in Coup-Hit Myanmar
One Facebook group promoting the egg protest urged people to be respectful of Christian traditions on Easter Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Desperate Burmese refugees flee to Thailand and India to escape crisis
Myanmar’s escalating crisis is spilling across its borders, as thousands of refugees seek safe haven in India and Thailand in the wake of the military coup and bloody crackdowns on anti-coup ... ( read original story ...)
Kurds in ‘mountain prison’ cower as Turkey fights PKK with drones in Iraq
Yet Speri and his friends are names on a growing list of civilian casualties as Turkey steps up its long-running fight against Kurdish militants outside its own borders. Baxtyar Speri greets mourners ... ( read original story ...)
Carleton PhD student arrested in Turkey denied bail
A Carleton University PhD student detained in a Turkish prison for more than six months will have to stay there for at least one month longer after his bail was denied last week. ( read original story ...)