TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, January 26. Fitch Ratings (a global credit rating agency) has affirmed the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) of Thermal Power Plants (Uzbekistan’s electricity generation ...
Afghanistan’s Currency Falls: Taliban to auction $25 million
Following the rise of the U.S. dollar against the Afghanistan’s currency, the central bank, under Taliban administration, announced plans to auction $25 million into the market.
10 ministries in Vietnam merged into five after apparatus streamlining: Minister
HANOI: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has approved a plan on restructuring and streamlining the organisational apparatus of the political system, in which 10 ministries are ...
Hongkonger stuck in Thailand to fly home on Monday after scam farm ordeal
A Hongkonger who has been stuck in Thailand after being released from a scam farm in Myanmar will fly home on Monday, before Lunar New Year. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday that members of his bureau’s task force had met the 29-year-old man the night before.
Iran’s foreign minister meets the Taliban in the first visit to Kabul in 8 years
Senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan say they hope for better relations with Iran after a visit from its foreign minister.
Turkey arrests 15 over deadly fire at ski resort, state media says
Turkey has arrested 15 people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 78 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains earlier this week, state media reported on Sunday.
Turkey says joint fight needed against Kurdish militants, Islamic State in the region
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday after talks in Baghdad that a joint battle using "all our resources" must be carried out to eliminate both Islamic State and Kurdish militants in ...
Couple found dead in Vietnam after drinking ‘homemade’ limoncello
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Pakistan can become $1tr economy by 2035: WB VP
The WB Vice President said that Pakistan would require annual growth rate of seven percentage to achieve the target.
Child killed in mortar shell explosion in Pakistan
In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a child died, and three others were injured after a mortar shell exploded when they mistook it for a toy. T ...