MALE: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and First Lady Sajidha Mohamed proceeded on a state visit to China on Sunday night.
Moscow: The BRICS Summit is scheduled to take place in Kazan, Russia this year with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the head.
Rahman Jalali, the deputy governor of the province where the incident reportedly took place, told Iranian media that the blasts were “a terrorist attack”, though he did not elaborate on possible perpetrators.
Dhaka, Jan 1 Bangladesh's Nobel laureate economist Dr Muhammad Yunus was on Monday sentenced to six months in jail by a court for violating the labour laws, a verdict termed as "politically motivated" by his supporters ahead of the January 7 general elections.
A7.5 magnitude earthquake struck western Japan on Monday afternoon, triggering tsunami alerts as far away as eastern Russia and prompting a warning for residents to evacuate affected coastal areas of Japan as soon as possible.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray will visit India next week against the backdrop of Washington's allegations about an Indian link to a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil.