Saudi Arabia has managed to contain the pandemic so far thanks to containment measures that have curbed the spread of the virus and the number of deaths. The kingdom's economic recovery in 2021 will ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan railways suffered Rs 1.2 trillion losses in past 50 years, says railway minister
Pakistan Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Azam Khan Swati said Pakistan Railways had suffered Rs1.2 trillion losses during the past 50 years and the government plans to revive the collapsing ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan, Sri Lanka agree to activate JWGs to boost trade
Pakistan and Sri Lanka had agreed to reactivate the forum of Joint Working Groups (JWGs) for redressal of technical issues pending between the two trading partners for prompting trade liberalization ... ( read original story ...)
Iran closes Iraq border points to stem spread of coronavirus variant
Iran closed several crossing points with Iraq on Saturday in an effort to stem the spread of a mutant variant of coronavirus which the Iranian health minister said was entering from the neighbouring ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea facing worst labor market crisis since 1997
The prolonged novel coronavirus outbreak has dealt a body blow to the labor market in South Korea, causing the number of people in paid employment to plunge by nearly 1 million in January alone. The ... ( read original story ...)
2 Myanmar protesters killed by police fire, several injured
Riot police in Myanmar shot dead two anti-coup protesters and injured several others on Saturday, as security forces increased pressure on popular revolt against ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar coup: Facebook shuts down military’s main page as well-known actor arrested
Lu Min taken from his home on Yangon as demonstrators take to streets in Mandalay after death of two protesters there on Saturday ... ( read original story ...)
Facebook Takes Down Main Page of Myanmar Military
Facebook on Sunday deleted the main page of the Myanmar military under it standards prohibiting the incitement of violence, the company said, a day after two protesters were killed when police opened ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar protesters gather again after worst day of violence
Thousands of opponents of Myanmar's Feb. 1 military gathered again on Sunday in towns from north to south, undeterred by the bloodiest episode of their campaign the previous day when police and ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar police arrest actor after two killed in protests
Myanmar police arrested a famous actor wanted for supporting opposition to a Feb. 1 coup, his wife said on Sunday, hours after two people were killed when police and soldiers fired at protesters in ... ( read original story ...)