Asia

Tehran, March 15, (dpa/GNA) – Security forces have massively increased their presence in Iran’s major cities, in the face of new calls for protests…

Tel Aviv, Mar. 14, (dpa/GNA) - The Israeli parliament on Monday evening approved a controversial bill that would make it much harder to suspend the country’s prime…

Seoul, Mar. 14, (dpa/GNA) - North Korea has fired at least two ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, as the Sea of Japan is also known, the…

Damascus, Mar. 14, (dpa/GNA) - The United Nations has criticized the ongoing violence in Syria, coming after the devastating earthquake, and called for a cessation of all hostilities. …

Beijing, March 11, (dpa/GNA) – China’s People’s Congress, has appointed Li Qiang as the country’s new premier, a high-profile politician, known to be a…

Beijing, Mar. 9, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - China’s consumer price inflation eased markedly in February on weak demand following the Lunar New Year holidays and producer price deflation deepened…

Jakarta, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) -  An Indonesian court on Thursday handed prison sentences two football officials for negligence over a stampede that killed 135 people at a stadium last…

Tel Aviv, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians inside a vehicle in the West Bank on Thursday.  The Palestinian Ministry of Health…

Tbilisi, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) - Lawmakers in Georgia have withdrawn a “foreign agents” bill following days of protests against it, the ruling Georgian Dream party said on…

Tbilisi, March 8, (dpa/GNA) – Security forces again used force against demonstrators, during anti-government protests in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Wednesday evening. According…

Beirut (dpa) – At least three people were killed in an Israeli missile attack that hit Aleppo’s airport and put it out of service…

Kathmandu, March 8, (dpa/GNA) – Nepal, has made it mandatory for all tourists who trek in the country’s Himalayan region, to hire local assistance,…

Dhaka, March 6, (dpa/GNA) – At least 2,000 makeshift shelters were burnt after a massive fire broke out in parts of an extremely crowded…

Islamabad, March 6, (dpa/GNA) – Amnesty International called on United Nations member states to act, in the face of the deteriorating human rights situation…

Beirut, Feb 23, (dpa/GNA) – Seven people, including six children, were injured when their tent caught fire in a refugee camp in north-west Syria,…

Beirut, Feb. 27, (dpa/GNA) - At least 10 civilians were killed Monday and more than a dozen wounded in two separate explosions of mines left behind by…

Islamabad, Feb 27, (dpa/GNA) – Two members of the Islamic State (IS) were killed, during a raid on their hideout in Kabul city, Taliban…

Tehran, Feb 27, (dpa/GNA) – Taliban representatives are to take over running Afghanistan’s embassy in Tehran, a spokesman for the militant Islamic movement said…

Tel Aviv/Cairo, Feb 27, (dpa/GNA) – Palestinian and Israeli officials on Sunday, agreed during face-to-face talks to take steps to build mutual confidence following…