Sole surviving Khmer Rouge leader denies role in genocide

Phnom Penh, The last surviving senior Khmer Rouge leader denied responsibility for genocide committed more than 40 years ago in Cambodia during his closing remarks Thursday to an international tribunal. Under the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge regime led by “Brother Number 1” Pol Pot, some two […]

ADB approves $235 mln to upgrade highway

ISLAMABAD, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $235 million loan to further upgrade a national highway in Pakistan, crucial to regional connectivity and strengthen the government’s operation and maintenance of national highways network. The project will expand the 222-kilometer Shikarpur–Rajanpur section of the […]

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