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Two decades after nuclear-armed neighbours fought in the hills of Kashmir, the disputed region continues to be on edge.
Kargil, India-administered Kashmir - Visitors to Drass, a town situated at an altitude of 10,760 feet in India-administered Kashmir, are greeted with a signboard that says at -60 degrees Celsius on January 9, 1995, it was the second coldest inhabited place on the...
Kim accuses Seoul of 'double dealing' as he rails against the South for planned military drills with the US.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the demonstration of a "new-type tactical guided weapon" on Thursday as a warning to South Korea to stop importing high-tech weapons and conducting joint military exercises with the United States, state media KCNA said on Friday.
North Korea test-fired two new short-range...
Papua New Guinea’s petroleum minister said he’s completed his review of a recent natural gas agreement with Total SA and will recommend changes, a potential new hurdle for the delayed $13bn effort to double the nation’s exports of the fuel.
The potential changes cover both regulatory and commercial terms of the so-called Papua LNG agreement and must be approved by...
The mayor of Mogadishu had fled Somalia for Britain as a refugee and earned a master’s degree, citizenship and years of experience as a councillor in London before deciding to return home to help rebuild his war-torn country.
On Wednesday, Abdirahman Omar Osman and nine of his staff were badly wounded when a suicide bomber blew up in his offices.
Six...
People danced in the streets of San Juan’s old city yesterday, after Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló bowed to protesters’ demands and said he would quit over profane chat messages and a corruption scandal that have sparked massive demonstrations.
The continuing celebrations were tempered by the fact that protesters were not enthused over Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez being next...
Prime Minister Imran Khan returned home from Washington yesterday after a visit seen by supporters as a major diplomatic success, saying that he felt like he had when he came back after winning the cricket World Cup.
US President Donald Trump’s warm reception of the prime minister and a delegation including the army chief and the head of the powerful...
By this time of the year, the Mekong River should have been rising steadily with the monsoon rains, bringing fishermen a bounty of fat fish.
Instead, the river level in Thailand has fallen further than anyone can remember and the only fish are tiny.
Scientists and people living along the river fear the impact of the worst drought in years has...
Indonesia’s state energy firm Pertamina said it will take weeks to plug an oil spill at its Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) facility, which has reached the northern coast of Java island, a director said yesterday.
The incident started on July 12, when natural gas was released during drilling at one of its wells in the ONWJ platform on the...
Pakistan’s main opposition parties held protest rallies in cities across the country yesterday, accusing Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government of ruining the economy and seeking to intimidate and silence its opponents.
The so-called “Black Day” protests, a year after Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party swept to power following the July 25, 2018 election, come amid mounting economic problems for Pakistan...
Qatar on Thursday dispatched an aircraft equipped with medical staff to the Aden Adde International Airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu to transport those injured in the suicide attack that targeted officials in the Municipality of Mogadishu, to Doha for treatment.
An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the plane has 12 injured people onboard, including the...
Local photographer and filmmaker Geraldine Menezes took part in a Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) project and recently had five of her photographs featured in the Qatar @roadto2022 Exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Earlier this year, the SC handed out disposable cameras to more than 50 people across Qatar.
The brief for each participant was simple: “Take photos of...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Gedu Andargatchew, yesterday received a written message from HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, pertaining to bilateral ties and the means to enhance them. The message was delivered by Qatar’s ambassador to Ethiopia, Hamad bin Mohamed al-Dosari, during a meeting with the Minister...
Experts from diverse perspectives argued the merits, consequences, and future of globalisation in a solutions-focused Doha Debates programme yesterday.
A production of Qatar Foundation, it was held at the TEDSummit 2019 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The debate’s participants, with the help of a conflict resolution expert, bridged differences, found common ground, and agreed on recommendations to help ensure globalisation benefits all.
The...
The Bedaya Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (Bedaya Centre), a joint initiative by Qatar Development Bank and Silatech, has organised a workshop, in collaboration with Fifty One East, on fashion styling during the second episode of the 2019 summer camp, which was held from July 14-25.
With Fifty One East’s unparalleled expertise of more than 70 years and substantial...
