Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe paid a working visit to Nepal, being the highest ranking Chinese official to visit the plateau country after China's top leader visited ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal signals ties with India are warming up but China keeps them on the edge
The flux in Nepal’s ruling communist party has added uncertainties over the country’s relations, particularly given the leverage that Beijing holds over Kathmandu’s politics and businesses. ( read original story ...)
Nepal to announce new height of Mt Everest soon
Nepal is going to announce the new height of Mt Everest, the world’s tallest peak, very soon. A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening gave nod to Nepal’s Ministry of Land Management to ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen: Houthis claim killing of several Saudi soldiers in Marib
Yemen’s Houthi fighters have claimed the killing of at least eight Saudi soldiers. Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Iran-aligned group, said late on Sunday that fighters attacked the Tadawin ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen Pushes Polio Immunization in Bid to Stem Outbreak
Yemeni health worker Fairouz Sanad lugs a coolbox of polio vaccines from house to house, dripping the liquid into children's mouths hoping to stop an outbreak of the paralysing virus largely ... ( read original story ...)
YEMEN: At least four children killed in artillery shelling in the city of Hodeida
The deadly attack comes just 2 weeks before the second anniversary of the Stockholm Agreement that was meant to put an end to violence in the cities of Hodeida & Taiz ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia Extends Virus Curbs on Top Glove Worker Dormitories
Malaysia will extend its movement control order on Top Glove Corp.’s worker dormitories in Klang by two weeks to Dec. 14 because of rising coronavirus cases there, according to Defense Minister Ismail ... ( read original story ...)
UK doctor can’t exclude sex assault of dead teen in Malaysia
A British pathologist says there was no positive evidence that a French-Irish teenager found dead last year near a Malaysian jungle resort was sexually assaulted, but he couldn’t fully rule it out due ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s COVID-19 cases top 65,000 after four consecutive days of four-digit increases
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded a four-digit increase in positive COVID-19 cases for the fourth day in a row on Monday (Nov 30) with 1,212 infections. ( read original story ...)
China and Malaysia, Usually Friends, Land in Another Maritime Standoff
China and Malaysia have entered another quiet but drawn-out standoff at sea where their sovereignty claims overlap, and each side is showing increased resolve to stand tall against the other, analysts ... ( read original story ...)