CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
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World / Asia

Pakistan to launch fresh Afghan deportations 19 Mar 2024 - 07:25 pm
Afghan refugees arrive in trucks from Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Blinken says US stands by 'ironclad' commitments to defend Philippines 19 Mar 2024 - 05:15 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) attends a meeting with Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (right) at Malacanang Palace in Manila on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
Hong Kong legislature passes new national security law 19 Mar 2024 - 03:58 pm
Chief Executive John Lee speaks to the media in the Legislative Council building after the passing of the Article 23 National Security Law in Hong Kong on March 19, 2024. Photo Credit: Peter PARKS / AFP.
Bank of Japan hikes rates for first time since 2007 19 Mar 2024 - 01:21 pm
Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a press conference after a two-day monetary policy meeting at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on March 19, 2024. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Bank of Japan expected to end negative rates 19 Mar 2024 - 12:07 am
A general view shows Japan's highest mountain, Mt. Fuji (3,776m or 12,388 feet) and skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku area at sunset on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
South Korea, US reaffirm commitment to complete North Korea's denuclearization 18 Mar 2024 - 06:03 pm
Peninsula
EU and Philippines relaunch free trade talks 18 Mar 2024 - 04:44 pm
File: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Ohtani fever hits South Korea as Dodgers light up Seoul 18 Mar 2024 - 03:18 pm
People walk past an advertisement with a picture of Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
China retail sales show shaky economic recovery 18 Mar 2024 - 12:16 pm
A man and woman perform martial arts exercises at a shopping mall in Beijing on March 17, 2024. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Malaysia considers hosting 'downsized' Commonwealth Games 18 Mar 2024 - 10:35 am
Peninsula
21 dead in Afghanistan after bus collides with tanker 17 Mar 2024 - 05:38 pm
This handout photograph released by Afghanistan's Helmand Information Department on March 17, 2024 shows security personnel and volunteers standing near the wreckage of burned passenger bus and oil tanker after they and a motorbike collided on the Herat-Kandahar highway in Grishk district of Helmand province. (Photo by Afghanistan's Helmand Information Department / AFP)
Vietnam faces $3bn annual crop losses from rising saltwater levels 17 Mar 2024 - 02:00 pm
This photo taken on February 23, 2024 shows a farmer looking at his crop in a dry rice field amid a long heatwave in southern Vietnam's Ca Mau province in the Mekong Delta region, known as
Chinese tourist arrivals in Philippines surge by 235 pct in Jan-Feb 17 Mar 2024 - 11:40 am
Motorists and vehicles travel along a road amid traffic jam in Manila on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Ohtani focused ahead of MLB season opener in Seoul 16 Mar 2024 - 02:17 pm
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani speaks during a press conference prior to a baseball workout at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on March 16, 2024, ahead of the 2024 MLB Seoul Series baseball game between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Thai PM vows to curb air pollution in tourist hotspot Chiang Mai 16 Mar 2024 - 01:52 pm
Heavy air pollution is seen over Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Dam in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai on March 16, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
N. Korea refers to Kim's daughter by term reserved for 'top leaders' 16 Mar 2024 - 12:56 pm
Peninsula
S. Korean senior doctors to resign in support of junior medics' walkout 16 Mar 2024 - 09:47 am
A medical worker walks into a hospital in Seoul on March 15, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Crisis-hit Sri Lankan economy rebounds as tourists return 16 Mar 2024 - 09:01 am
A street vendor sells prawns at the Galle Face sea-front promenade in Colombo on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)