Tag: Geography of Asia

An Egyptian court ruled Sunday that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi ...

An Egyptian court has annulled an earlier ruling that blocked the transfer of sovereignty of two islands to Saudi Arabia, ...

China will create a new special economic zone outside Beijing similar to those established in Shenzhen and Shanghai, the government ...

At least 20 people have been murdered and others wounded at a Sufi shrine near the city of Sargodha, in ...

China takes free trade zones (FTZ) up to 11, with seven new FTZs starting operation on Saturday. After an unveiling ...

Sri Lanka's navy on Sunday arrested six Indians trying to smuggle 13.5 kilos (29.7 pounds) of heroin across the narrow ...

Several hundred mostly Jewish protesters marched in Jerusalem late Saturday to denounce nearly 50 years of Israeli occupation of the ...

The first generation of Chinese nationals to settle in France, most of whom arrived in a wave in the 1970s, ...

Syria's army and allies have regained most of the territory they lost during an assault by rebels and jihadists earlier ...

Lebanon's prime minister warned Friday that his country has reached "breaking point" by hosting more than one million Syrian refugees ...

India has sought help from higher up to rid its government buildings of the scourge of spitting - wall tiles ...

Earlier this month, the new Lebanese government, led by President Michel Aoun, published a tender to explore untapped gas and ...

Israel's government has approved the building of the first new settlement in 20 years in the occupied West Bank - ...

India has sought divine intervention to rid its government buildings of the scourge of spitting -- wall tiles imprinted with ...

The US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that Washington is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar al-Assad ...

British comedian Eddie Izzard on Thursday was banned from running in the Palestine Marathon, organisers said, after he refused to ...

On west Mosul's Baghdad street, thousands of displaced Iraqis flee the fighting with their meagre belongings but similar numbers walk ...

Face painted yellow and white with long braids draping her shoulders, a model in voluminous grey robes walks down the ...

The heir to the Red Bull billions on Thursday again snubbed Thai prosecutors over a five-year-old hit-and-run incident that killed ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening free movement into and out of the Red Sea with missiles, mines and other ...