With a total of 8,442 properties bought during the past seven years, Kuwaiti investors are rated second among Arab investors for real estate acquisitions in Turkey. The top real estate purchasers from …
Ex-South Korean leader to give up dogs gifted by Kim Jong Un
Moon Jae-in has raised the white Pungsan dogs named Gomi and Songgang since their arrival in the South and took them to his home after his term ended in May.
Cockfighting ring rooted in Burmese culture: Court docs
Once inside, those who arrived would gamble on cockfights, something deeply rooted in the Burmese culture of the people who own the compound. When weren’t doing that, they would torture goats or other …
Explainer: Why is ASEAN holding a special meeting on Myanmar?
Foreign ministers from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are meeting on Thursday to discuss an intensifying crisis in Myanmar, 18 months after agreeing a peace …
Amnesty International: Jet Fuel Sales to Myanmar Aiding Junta War Crimes
Chevron, PetroChina and other oil firms shipping jet fuel to Myanmar for civilian use may be inadvertently supplying an air force accused of widespread war crimes and should pause all deliveries …
Thailand scraps plan to allow foreigners to buy land
BANGKOK: Thailand is walking back a policy that would have allowed limited land ownership by wealthy foreigners, a government official said on Tuesday, after a public backlash against the plan.
Kuwaiti investors are second biggest purchasers of Turkey real estate
Tourism in Turkey has seen strong investments with 246,000 people visiting the country from Kuwait last year Kuwaiti investors are ranked in second position, following Iraq, for purchases of real …
Japan to track land sales near army bases amid China, Russia, North Korea spying fears
Tokyo aims to use new law to get past shell companies, identify real owners of property that could pose a threat to national security or assets belonging to sanctioned individuals Japanese government …
UN chief proposes debt relief for Pakistan
LAHORE: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed to the international financial institutions and to the G20 nations to create mechanisms of debt relief for middle-income countries …
Why is Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim group buying an old church in Spain?
Indonesia ’s second-largest Muslim organisation is seeking to “enlighten the universe” with its teachings of moderate Islam by converting a Spanish church into a mosque, in what observers say is a bid …