In what looks like a race to the bottom, North Korea is ranked as the most corrupt country in Asia with the closed communist nation receiving one of the worst scores in Transparency International’s 2016 corruption index. With a corruption score of 12, North Korea ranked 174 in the survey by the Berlin-based organization. The […]
The daughter-in-law of former Lao prime minister Thongsing Thammavong distanced herself on Tuesday from rumored ties to a Lao drug dealer arrested last week in Thailand, saying that a photo showing her and Thammavong’s son together with crime boss Xaysana Keopimpha was taken “by accident.” The photo, which has circulated widely on Facebook pages following […]
Decoded messages of a terror suspect in custody with alleged links to Islamic State and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) indicate there could be more than 10,000 IS members in India, a senior counter-terrorism official told BenarNews. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the involvement of Indian citizen Mohammad Mosihuddin (alias Abu Musa), 25, in connection […]
The Taliban has called on President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, saying it is a ‘quagmire’ that has produced little but 15 years of destruction and death. Trump has never stated what his policy is on Afghanistan, though he has said he supports U.S. troops stationed there and he appointed two former […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Dubai remains home to the world’s busiest international airport after seeing 83.6 million passengers in 2016, The Associated Press reports. However, the figures released on Tuesday, January 24 by Dubai International Airport fall short of an estimate of 85 million passengers authorities had hoped to have. Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, says […]
Malaysian police said Monday they exposed a new Islamic State (IS) extremist cell that planned to use the eastern state of Sabah as a transit point for sending IS members to the Philippines. The nation’s police chief, Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said officers from his department discovered the cell after arresting four […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Israel’s prime minister on Sunday, January 22 accepted an invitation to visit the White House next month in hopes of forging a “common vision” for the region with President Donald Trump that could include expanded settlement construction on occupied territories and a tougher policy toward Iran, The Associated Press reports. Prime Minister Benjamin […]
The Myanmar military has seized a key command base and two others belonging to the ethnic Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as skirmishes continue between the two armies in Kachin state near the border with China with no apparent let up in sight. The office of Myanmar commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said Wednesday that […]
