PYONGYANG: Washington’s ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea will have no effect on the country’s tourism industry and Pyongyang does not care about it “at all”, a senior development official insisted yesterday, reports AFP from Pyongyang. The measure is due to be enacted…

Thai authorities have frozen seven bank accounts belonging to ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra over a $1 billion fine she faces for her administration’s…

Maldivian troops blockaded parliament and clashed with opposition leaders for a second day, witnesses said Tuesday, as political turmoil escalated in the troubled honeymoon islands, reports AFP from Male. The latest turbulence came as the United Kingdom urged its citizens to take caution in the capital…

An Indian court ordered yesterday that seven Kashmiri separatists be held in police custody for allegedly funding militant groups and stoking unrest in the disputed Himalayan region, reports AFP from New Delhi. Federal agents swooped on the members of the “Hurriyat” (freedom) movement in…

Fourteen Saudi Arabians face “imminent” execution after a “grossly unfair mass trial” in which they were convicted of rioting, theft and rebellion, Amnesty International warned yesterday, reports AFP from Dubai. Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s highest execution rates.…

The names may be unfamiliar but the services are immediately recognisable: Snapp is Iran’s answer to Uber, Digikala is its Amazon, and Pintapin…