Three female media workers were shot dead in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, government officials said, amid a wave of killings that is spreading fear among professional workers in urban centers. [...]

Fight erupts over Myanmar's seat at UN

The fight for control of Myanmar has now officially arrived at the United Nations. [...]

Covid UAE: 13 fined for playing cricket, breaking safety rules

Special police patrols bust gathering that did not adhere to precautionary measures. [...]

Photos: UAE's first-ever hotel and how it started 90 years ago

The BOAC Rest House remains dearly in the memory of the nation as the first hotel to be built in the 1930s. [...]

Indian wins $1 million Dubai raffle after 14 years of trying

The 53-year-old based in Nigeria is the 177th Indian to have won the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire raffle. [...]

6.3-magnitude earthquake hits central Greece

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit central Greece on Wednesday, damaging several buildings, including schools, and prompting residents near the epicentre to rush into the streets. “Everything happened very fast, people ran out of buildings, there are still aftershocks,” Chrissoula Katsiouli, a staffer at the mayor’s office in the local town of Elassona told AFP. The fire department said that according to the first reports, a local home and a school […] [...]

With vaccine rollout, Fil-Chinese chambers of commerce want MGCQ by end of March

“It’s about time to open up the economy,” says FFCCCII president (Eagle News) – The head of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc., (FFCCCII) said that they prefer a shift to Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) by the end of March at the latest since the vaccine program has already started. FFCCCII president Dr. Henry Lim Bon Liong said that “it’s about time to open up the Philippine economy” noting […] [...]

Six dead as Myanmar security forces fire at protesters

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least six people were killed as Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters Wednesday, after the junta hit half a dozen detained journalists, including an Associated Press photographer, with criminal charges. The country has been in chaos since February 1 when the military launched a coup and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending Myanmar’s decade-long experiment with democracy and sparking daily mass protests. International pressure is mounting […] [...]