Bangladesh recorded a significant rise in road crashes and casualties in 2025, highlighting persistent road safety failures. According to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, at least 9,111 people were killed and 14,812 injured in 6,729 road accidents—an increase over 2024 figures. The organization blamed unchanged transport policies, rising traffic congestion, fare irregularities, and lack of reform [...]
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations into an alleged cartel linked to an Army procurement project led to the seizure of assets worth approximately RM6.9 million. The confiscated items included a high-performance SUV, large sums of cash in multiple foreign currencies, and significant quantities of gold bars and jewellery. The discovery followed checks on a vehicle [...]
Authorities in Sa Kaeo province intercepted a truck smuggling 37 undocumented Cambodian migrants who were hidden behind foam panels. The driver abandoned the vehicle and escaped into nearby fields. The migrants, including men, women, and children, had no legal entry documents and were taken into custody. They reported paying brokers to enter Thailand illegally in [...]
The Public Security Directorate has issued a warning about an approaching weather depression starting Friday, bringing heavy rainfall to northern, central, and southwestern regions of the Kingdom. The weather may include thunderstorms, hail, and strong winds. Citizens are urged to follow safety precautions such as avoiding flood-prone areas, driving carefully, using heating devices safely, maintaining [...]
Some Iraqi citizens are symbolically applying for the presidency to challenge the country’s long-standing ethno-sectarian power-sharing system (muhasasa), which allocates top political posts based on sect and party affiliation rather than merit. Critics argue this system fuels corruption, inefficiency, and division.One such candidate, Ahmed Tawfiq, a retired engineer and economist, says his candidacy aims to [...]
Since 28 December, Iran has witnessed a rapidly spreading wave of protests triggered by a sharp devaluation of its currency and worsening economic hardship. Demonstrations have been verified in more than 50 towns and cities, including traditionally pro-government strongholds such as Qom and Mashhad, signaling deep dissatisfaction even among the state’s usual base of support. [...]
Inflation rose to 3.55% in November 2025, driven by continued increases in both food and non-food prices, according to the National Statistics Bureau. Food inflation was the main contributor at 4.67%, with notable rises in food and non-alcoholic beverages, while non-food inflation reached 2.75%, led by higher costs for clothing, restaurants, health services, and transport. [...]
In the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, families face extreme hardship as humanitarian aid funding has dropped by 63%. Newborn babies are delivered in overcrowded, poorly equipped rooms with unreliable electricity, while pregnant women fear hunger due to repeated food ration cuts. UNICEF nutrition centers are overwhelmed, treating around 300 malnourished children every [...]
The India Economic Forum opened in Amman alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jordan, bringing together leaders from over 20 major Indian companies and Jordanian private-sector firms across key industries such as manufacturing, energy, ICT, healthcare, infrastructure, logistics, and finance. The forum aims to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties and promote partnerships [...]
Iraq is facing one of its worst droughts in decades as record-low water levels in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers threaten wheat production and food security. Farmers like Ma’an al-Fatlawi near Najaf are struggling as river water dwindles and groundwater proves too saline for farming. Although Iraq achieved wheat self-sufficiency in recent years, the current [...]