Sri Lankan stocks rose for the third straight session on Friday, boosted by gains in consumer staples and financial stocks. ( read original story ...)
Nepal rift with India escalates
Nepal added a new strain to bilateral ties by announcing that new maps would be printed to include three disputed areas. Under pressure from its nationalist constituency, the Oli government announced ... ( read original story ...)
Gurkhas rescue 109 Britons stranded in Nepal due to coronavirus
Strict lockdown measures and reduced transport measures in Nepal meant that many travellers were unable to reach chartered repatriation flights. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus spreads in Yemen with health system in shambles
The Associated Press has learned that more than 500 people died over the past eight days in southern Yemen’s main city, Aden, many with breathing difficulties ... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds die in Yemen of suspected coronavirus outbreak
More than 500 people have died over the past eight days in southern Yemen’s main city, Aden, many with breathing difficulties, city officials say, raising fears the coronavirus is spreading out of ... ( read original story ...)
US on track to pull troops out of Afghanistan: Pentagon
The United States is on track to meet its commitment to the Taliban to withdraw several thousand troops from Afghanistan by mid-July, even as violence flares, the peace process is stalled, and Kabul ... ( read original story ...)
Gil Loescher, 75, Refugees Expert Who Survived Iraq Bombing, Dies
He lost his legs in a 2003 suicide attack but continued his scholarship and field work on behalf of the world’s displaced. ( read original story ...)
Iran may use military against locusts threatening crops
Iran may use its military for a second year to help fight locusts that have invaded the south of the country, an Agricultural Ministry official was quoted as saying on Friday, as the swarms threaten ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Gulf Partners Can No Longer Afford To Stay The Course With U.S. Iran Policy
It is not in the Gulf Arab states' interest to stay the course with current U.S. Iran policy, write former Pentagon officials Bilal Y. Saab and. Doing so could lead them to war. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Vietnam hunting for lung donor to save British pilot
Doctors hope a lung transplant can save the life of a British pilot hospitalised in Vietnam after he contracted a severe Covid-19 infection.Steven Cameron, 43, has been sedated for well over a month ... ( read original story ...)