Indonesia Mandates Exporters to Keep Proceeds Onshore for at least a Year
Indonesia Mandates Exporters to Keep Proceeds Onshore for at least a Year :File Photo
Category: Asia
Boeing 737-800 Under Fire as Multiple Incidents Raise Concerns About Flight Safety
Boeing’s 737-800 series is facing growing scrutiny after a series of alarming incidents, including a deadly crash in South Korea…
Saudi Arabia’s Neom: A Trillion-Dollar Vision Facing Growing Doubts Amid Delays and Criticism
Neom, Saudi Arabia’s ambitious $500 billion megacity project, is quickly becoming one of the world’s most controversial architectural ventures.
Bangladesh Seeks Extradition of Former PM Hasina for ‘Massacres’
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal is pursuing the extradition of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina from India to answer for ‘massacres’.
Boeing intends to plead guilty to fraud in a US investigation into fatal crashes of 737 MAX
Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge and pay a $243.6 million fine to settle a US Justice…
Sri Lankan Foreign and Education Ministers will visit Islamabad next month
In an exclusive interview with Political Uprise, Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne, the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Pakistan, revealed…
Netanyahu suspends minister after calling nuking Gaza an option
Benjamin Netanyahu disciplined a member of his cabinet who appeared to voice openness to idea of Israel carrying out a…
Protesters in Islamabad denounce the World Uyghur Congress and Israel
The dual character of the West and the World Uyghur Congress against Palestine is hypocrisy, protesters say.
Yevgeny Prigozhin journey from chef to Wagner Chief
Once a ‘Putin’s chef’, Yevgeny Prigozhin has risen to prominence after mercenaries from his Wagner group played a role in…
Turkey’s President announces major reshuffle in his cabinet
Recep Tayyip Erdogan named former economy chief and internationally respected ex-banker Mehmet Simsek as treasury and finance minister.
Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to restore relations under mediation of China
Iran and Saudi Arabia are expected to reopen embassies within two months as they re-establish ties and a security agreement…
Pakistan former powerful military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79
Pakistani former President and powerful military ruler Pervez Musharraf has died at a hospital in Dubai after a prolonged illness.…
Azerbaijan protests to Iran after embassy shooting
A gunman killed a security guard and wounded two other people at Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran, in an attack Baku…
Crippling economy gets good news as Pakistan bags $9 billion from International donors
Officials from 40 countries as well as private donors gathered at a meeting in Geneva as Islamabad sought funds to…
Ardern gov’t considers cow, sheep burp tax to curb emissions
New Zealand’s proposed taxing greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to…
Unarmed Afghan were routinely shot dead “in cold blood” by UK forces, BBC unveils
At least 54 Afghans were killed by British special forces in suspicious circumstances during the 2010-11 Helmand tour.
Sexual assault in Australia mining sector, commissioner called urgent changes
Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner called for changes after government report found sexual harassment and assault were rife in sector.
Iran changed head of Revolutionary Guards intelligence unit
Iran has replaced its intelligence chief Hossein Taeb, who had held the position for more than 12 years, the Guards…
Former executive Toyota Motor arrested on drug offence in 2015, returns to company
Former Toyota executive Julie Hamp who was arrested and released in Japan in 2015 over suspected illegal importation of oxycodone,…
Bidders considering offering up to $51 per share to Toshiba
Toshiba, which is exploring strategic options, said it had received eight initial buyout proposals and two proposals for capital alliances.
IMF team arrives crisis-hit Sri Lanka for bailout talks
International Monetary Fund team began bailout talks, with police called to escort a top government official to the negotiations after…