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Bangkok, May 15 (AFP/APP): Thai voters have delivered an emphatic rejection of military-backed rule at the ballot box, voting in droves for the two main opposition parties. The result leaves the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) seeking to form a coalition government with Pheu Thai […]

SYDNEY 14 May (Online): Rescuers were scouring the waters off a remote beach in South Australia on Saturday for traces of a surfer believed to have been killed in a shark attack. Emergency services were called to the beach near the town of Elliston, about […]

LONDON 14 May (Online): Religious leaders in the UK have joined a campaign calling for a former Afghan Air Force pilot to be granted asylum in Britain. It comes in the wake of criticism of the government by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who called […]

ISLAMABAD 14 May (Online): State Minister of foreign affairs Hina Rabbani Khar held important meetings in in stalk home at European Union Indo-Pacific forum. Accoding to foreign office, Hina Rabbani Khar meets Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstorm to raise issue of closure of Swedish embassy […]

Sioux Center, United States, May 14 (AFP/APP): Salesman Rick Lemmon listened intently on Saturday as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pitched his ideas to a crowd in the rural US state of Iowa. “He would be a great candidate for president,” Lemmon told AFP ahead of […]

Tehran, May 14 (AFP/APP): Banned from using popular Western apps, Iranians have been left with little choice but to take up state-backed alternatives, as the authorities tighten internet restrictions for security reasons following months of protests. Iranians are accustomed to using virtual private networks, or […]

Bangkok, May 14 (AFP/APP): The names leading the race to become Thai prime minister after Sunday’s election range from a billionaire’s daughter to a canny backroom operator known as the “Rolex general”. Here is a run-down of the main candidates: – Prayut Chan-o-Cha – Incumbent […]

Antakya, Turkey, May 14 (AFP/APP):The Simseks have spent months huddling in tents next to their old home, laid to waste by Turkey’s catastrophic quake. How they vote Sunday could prove decisive to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s future. Amid the wreckage of ancient Antakya, a mountain-rimmed […]

Teknaf, Bangladesh, May 14 (AFP/APP): A major cyclone began crossing the Bangladesh and Myanmar coasts Sunday, the Bangladeshi meteorological department said. Mocha “is now crossing Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coast. It (is) likely to move north-northeasterly direction and complete crossing Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coasts near Sittwe […]

ISLAMABAD, May 13 (APP): Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb described the performance of the Saudi tourism sector during the first quarter of 2023 as unprecedented and historical in terms of the number of visitors and amount of tourism spending. “Over […]