Browsing: Asia

Mallam Nasiru Gawuna, Deputy Governor, Kano State, says the state has secured $95 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia to improve irrigation.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening arrived in Makkah from the city of Madinah, Saudi Arabia, where he began the initial leg of his Umrah engagements.

Taiwan has secured a first for Asia, reaching a landmark decision to legalise same-sex marriage, after its parliament rejected last-ditch attempts by conservative lawmakers to push a watered-down “civil-union” law.

Zimbabwe raked in $2.7m for exporting baby elephants to China and the United Arab Emirates, the Tourism Minister has confirmed, according to the stet-affiliated newspaper, The Chronicle.

Two Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 33 and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29 jailed in Myanmar for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis have been freed.

Any gesture that makes a woman feel violated and uncomfortable – from catcalls to long stares and dropping phone numbers – can get one jailed and fined in the UAE, Dubai Police have said

The Federal Government has secured the release of Zainab Aliyu who was arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly trafficking banned drug Tramadol.

A student named Sirisha has set herself on fire at her home in the Narayanpet district after she failed her biology exam, she is one of 20 students to do so.

Almost a week after a series of bomb blasts ripped through three Sri Lankan cities, government authorities on Sunday ordered a complete prohibition on all types of face covers including burqas.

Four Hong Kong activists have been sentenced to up to 16 months in prison for their role in pro-democracy demonstrations.