Afghan police destroy poppy farms in Badakhshan province
Afghan counter-narcotic police have destroyed poppy farms on 123 acre of land in northern Badakhshan province, Provincial Director for Information and Culture Qari...
Cambodia seizes nearly 32 kg of illicit drugs
Military police in northwest Cambodia's Battambang province have arrested an alleged drug trafficker, seizing almost 32 kg of illicit drugs, the Battambang Gendarmerie...
Zimbabwean prez files papers to contest in general elections
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has filed his nomination papers to contest as the ruling party's presidential candidate in elections set for August 23.
His...
Iran, Saudi Arabia to resume postal cooperation
The CEO of Iran's National Post Company said postal cooperation with Saudi Arabia will resume following this year's Hajj pilgrimage, which will end...
2 killed, 1 missing in helicopter crash in Croatia
A Hungarian military helicopter crashed in the Cikola Canyon in southern Croatia, killing two crew members and leaving another one missing, the Croatian...
Heavy rain hits Amami Oshima in Japan
Heavy rain hit southwestern Japan's Amami Oshima Island, with hundreds of residents being isolated and thousands of households facing water supply cuts, local...
Druze clash with Israeli police in Golan Heights over wind farm construction
Thousands of Druze clashed with Israeli police in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights during a demonstration against the construction of a wind farm in...
Israel to approve 1,000 settler homes in West Bank after deadly attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has announced that the construction of 1,000 new settler homes will be "immediately advanced" in the West...
Iranian FM lauds progress of Iran-Oman deals’ implementation
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that the implementation of agreements signed between his country and Oman had made "good progress" over...
Turkish exporters urge action to control inflation after minimum wage hike
Turkish exporters have welcomed a 34-per cent hike in the minimum wage, but called for measures to curb inflation.
The monthly net minimum salary...
