Pakistan's banks must all offer sharia-compliant services from 2028, but foreign banks will be able to continue offering non-Islamic services al ...
Analysis-China breaks step with global markets, and investors buy in
By Tom Westbrook and Laura Matthews SINGAPORE/NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - Investor thinking on Chinese assets is changing, as steady returns through the turbulence of the Iran war and AI frenzy show ...
Prior to launch, Japan ‘strongly urged’ China to reconsider missile test in Pacific
The Chinese Navy successfully conducted the test launch of a “strategic missile” by a nuclear submarine into the Pacific Ocean on Monday.
Can cutting-edge semiconductors supercharge Japan?
Pilot production of 2-nanometre chips, the cutting-edge for chipmaking technology, is under way. The ambitious effort is seen as a model for the sort of new-age industrial policy favoured by Japan’s ...
Landslides in Bangladesh kill at least 8 Rohingya refugees
Officials in eastern Bangladesh say that landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed at least eight Rohingya refugees living in camps.
Bangladesh NCP rally rocked by blast near Dhaka, three injured during anti-Sheikh Hasina event | Watch
At least three people were injured after a blast struck a National Citizen Party rally in Savar near Dhaka, with the party alleging a bomb attack during the launch of its nationwide July March ...
Indonesia’s Prabowo and India’s Modi meet to discuss expanding economic and defense ties
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting with Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto to discuss ways to strengthen strategic ties between Asia’s two largest democracies.
Philippines braces for protests as impeachment trial for vice-president Sara Duterte begins
A trial has begun in the Philippines' Senate to decide if Sara Duterte should be impeached, in a first for a sitting vice-president. Thousands of police officers have been deploye ...
Eight killed in landslides at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
By Ruma Paul DHAKA, July 6 (Reuters) - At least eight Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, were killed and several others injured early on Monday after heavy monsoon rains triggered ...
TTP claims Pakistan Air Force officer’s killing: Here’s how police version is being challenged
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Pakistan Air Force officer in Islamabad, releasing CCTV footage it says contradicts the police account while authorities ...