East and South Asia stand out as the only two regions in the world where female labour force participation rates have decreased over the past two decades and gender gaps increased, according to a new ILO report, reports UNB. Yet this has been less apparent in Asia. In fact, less than one in three women…

AFP, THE HAGUE: A UN court condemned Turkey yesterday for sentencing a top judge to seven years in jail on charges of links to a group blamed for last year’s attempted coup. Retired ambassador Aydin Sefa Akay, a top judge attached to the UN’s Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals,…

The government in its previous and present tenure has created 75,306 posts for police and non-police aimed at further modernizing and strengthening of the force, reports BSS. “We have undertaken various initiatives and programmes for police department as part of its further modernization and strengthening,”…

AFP, YANGON: A fishing boat yesterday found the tail of a Myanmar military plane that crashed last week with 122 people on board. The aircaft plunged into the sea during a routine flight from the southern city of Myeik to Yangon last week. Most passengers were the wives and children of servicemen So…

 AFP, DARJEELING: Protesters hurled petrol bombs as they clashed with police in eastern India’s hill resort of Darjeeling as tensions remained high yesterday, local officials said. Riots and arson attacks in Darjeeling last week left at least 12 people injured as thousands of mostly Indian…

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-corruption investigation commission Thursday, in an ongoing case that has gripped Pakistan and threatened to topple him after the Panama Papers leak last year, reports AFP from Islamabad. The controversy erupted with the publication…