Dubai employers must renew health insurance of workers
Dubai Health Authority has asked employers to not allow employee insurance to lapse and must renew health insurance at time.
Category: Asia
UAE decides to import malaria tablets from India
UAE has decided to import malaria tablets (hydroxychloroquine) from India as a possible treatment for coronavirus pandemic.
Saudi princess jailed for more than a year without charge
Saudi princess jailed for more than a year without charge has made a public appeal to the king and crown…
Anti-malarial drug became tool of Indian diplomacy
Anti-malarial drug became tool of Indian diplomacy as India is one of the largest producers of HCQ now used in…
China helps car buyers with cash to revive sales
China is helping world’s biggest automobiles market to get back on its feet after the coronavirus pandemic damage through cash.
ADB announces massive coronavirus rescue package
ADB has announced that it will roll out a massive $20 billion package to help developing member nations to tackle…
Singapore to launch ‘floating hotels’for foreign workers
Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore.
Rice ATMs in Vietnam helps needy in Lockdown
Rice ATMs are helping poor and needy people in vietnam those who are affected by coronavirus lockdown,many of whom have…
Taliban announce to release 20 government prisoners
Taliban has announced that they will release 20 Afghan government prisoners in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar as part…
Reuven Rivlin rejects Gantz’s request for more time to form government
Reuven Rivlin has rejected parliament speaker Benny Gantz’s (an ex-military chief) request for more time to form a government.
United States agencies don’t want China Telecom to operate in the US
United States agencies claim China Telecom’s US operations might allow Chinese government ‘to engage in malicious cyber activity’.
Amnesty International video shows ‘extreme overcrowding’ in Cambodia prison
Amnesty International has shared a new video it received that claims to show extreme overcrowding and “inhumane conditions” in a…
Turkish govt imposes 48-hour curfew in major cities to curb coronavirus
Turkish government has placed restrictions in 31 provinces across the nation but bakeries, pharmacies and health facilities to remain open.
IMF says coronavirus pandemic will cause worst recession
IMF says coronavirus pandemic may trigger worst economic fallout since the 1930s Great Depression, with only a partial recovery in…
Pakistan asks Ghani government to hand over regional ISIL chief
Pakistan has asked Ashraf Ghani government to hand over chief of ISIL ‘Khorasan Province’ Aslam Farooqi,who is under arrest over…
Coronavirus spreading among royal Saudi family: Report
Coronavirus spreading rapidly among Saudi royal family,Doctors at elite King Faisal Hospital preparing as many as 500 beds,New York Times…
Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik ‘being denied fair trial’
Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik who advocates the separation of Kashmir from India ‘being denied fair trial’,slapped with a series of…
Countries around the world taken drastic measures to curb COVID-19
Countries around the world have taken drastic measures including travel restrictions,border shutdowns in an attempt to curb COVID-19.
Fugitive killer of Mujibur Rahman arrested in Bangladesh
Fugitive killer of Bangladesh founder arrested,Abdul Majed had publicly announced his involvement in 1975 assassination and was reportedly hiding in…
Saudi-Russian price war lifts oil prices as ceasefire hopes raise
Saudi Arabia and Russia are expected to agree to cut output at a meeting on Thursday therefore oil prices clawed…
Coronavirus comments raised tension between China and Brazil
Coronavirus comments from Brazil education minister Abraham Weintraub raised tension with China as Beijing demands explanation.
Japanese govt calls coronavirus pandemic ‘biggest crisis’ since world war
Japanese government calls coronavirus pandemic ‘biggest crisis’ and is expected to announce a multibillion-dollar stimulus package and state of emergency.