Daughter of slain Sri Lankan journalist files UN complaint

A daughter of a slain Sri Lankan journalist has filed a complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee over alleged government involvement in her father’s death 12 years ago

Pakistani PM asks Shiites to bury coal miners killed by IS

Pakistan’s prime minister has appealed the country's protesting minority Shiites not to link the burial of 11 coal miners from Hazara community who were killed by the Islamic State group last Sunday to his visit to the mourners

APTOPIX Nepal Politics

India says it will prioritize Sri Lanka in providing vaccine

India’s foreign minister has assured Sri Lanka that it will be prioritized when Indian-produced COVID-19 vaccines are ready for export

Nepal Politics

US treasury chief visits Sudan after ending pariah status

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has arrived in Sudan, the first visit by a senior American official since President Donald Trump removed the African country from the list of state sponsors of terrorism

Egypt's leader meets US treasury chief ahead of Sudan visit

Egypt’s president has met with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin in Cairo, ahead of Mnuchin’s first visit to Sudan since the end of Khartoum’s pariah status

Qatar ruler lands in Saudi Arabia for summit to end blockade

Qatar’s ruling emir has arrived in Saudi Arabia to attend a high-level summit of Arab leaders, following an announcement that the kingdom would end its yearslong embargo on the tiny Gulf state

Iran Persian Gulf Tensions

70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 71

The death toll from a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea that struck Turkey and Greece has grown at at least 71