China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest quarterly pace since the global financial crisis, with regulators moving quickly to calm nervous investors as a campaign to tackle debt risks and the trade war with the United States began to bite.
An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank on Monday soon after taking off from the capital, Jakarta. All passengers and crew are feared dead, according to the country’s rescue agency.
In Afghanistan, the upcoming elections have been a source of extreme violence and controversy. Suicide attacks and explosions have killed many civilians at election rallies leading up to the October 20th election. On October 2nd, explosives were placed inside a motorcycle at a rally for a female candidate. The explosion was meant to hurt the candidate, Nazifa Yousufi Bek, who… Read more »
From January to September 2018, at least 2,798 civilians have been killed and 5,252 others injured across the country.
NUSA DUA, INDONESIA: Pakistan has requested financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund to address its economic challenges, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday. Lagarde said in a statement that the request came during her meeting with Pakistani finance minister Asad Umar, and central bank governor Tarik Bajwa on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank annual… Read more »
Indian minister MJ Akbar has filed a defamation case against a woman journalist who named him as part of a #MeToo movement gripping the country.
At least 12 people were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion at an election rally for a woman standing as a candidate in Afghanistan’s parliamentary polls on Oct. 20, officials said on Saturday.
In Iran, women’s sports are a controversial subject. Strict regulations have been enforced since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Women have only been allowed to participate in athletic competitions and the Olympics since 1990. Even today, women are not allowed to participate in sports such as swimming or wrestling on the international level. This is due to the Islamic religious… Read more »
WASHINGTON: The US is unlikely to revoke the suspension of aid to Pakistan until it sees substantial progress against terrorists and their safe havens, the Trump administration has told Islamabad as top officials of the two countries met here to try to reset their strained ties.
KABUL: An Afghan official says a suicide bomber has struck an election rally in the country’s eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 30.