Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka‘s President Maithripala Sirisena has dissolved the country’s parliament and declared a snap election on January 5, hours after his coalition admitted that it could not muster enough parliamentary support for its designated prime minister.
TEHRAN: Hundreds of Iranian women attended a crunch football match in Tehran, in a rare step seen Sunday as a “victory” by local newspapers and hailed by FIFA as a “historic and festive day” for the sport. About a thousand women were allowed into Azadi Stadium late Saturday to watch Iranian giant Persepolis FC battle it out in the Asian… Read more »
The United States has reimposed oil and financial sanctions against Iran, significantly turning up the pressure on Tehran in order to curb its alleged missile and nuclear programmes.
It looks like we’re in the middle of nowhere. You’d miss the house if it weren’t for the colourful lights that guide you to it — on the outskirts of Jamshoro. Saif Samejo likes his space.
This week I focused primarily on what is happening in India. To continue on from what I talked about last week, the pollution. The pollution in India has risen to “severe” level pollution. In the capital of India, New Delhi, the smog covers the landscape. This was determined after the fireworks were set off at a festival in the city…. Read more »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Thursday approved a plan to allow foreign oil companies to store oil in the Padur strategic petroleum reserve, law minister R. S. Prasad said, as the world’s third biggest oil importer seeks to cut storage costs.
SIROHI, India (Reuters) – A sandstone quarry near the village of Sirohi, on the outskirts of the Indian city of New Delhi, is a reminder that it’s not just fireworks and crop burning that are causing the capital’s pollution problems.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is examining the details of exemptions given to the country by the United States that will allow it to continue to buy Iranian crude oil, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.
GURUGRAM (Reuters) – While most residents of the Indian capital Delhi choked on toxic air this week, the dogs of the city’s elite were enjoying ambient music and purified air at a luxury resort for pets.
COX’S BAZAR (BANGLADESH) (AFP) – Bangladesh’s coast guard rescued 33 Rohingya and detained six alleged human traffickers from a fishing trawler headed for Malaysia in the Bay of Bengal, an official said Wednesday. The rescued included 14 men, 10 women and nine children who had been living in refugee camps in the southeastern Bangladesh district of Cox’s Bazar, according to Fayezul Islam… Read more »