World
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International
9/12/2024 1:54:22 PM
Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled Thursday with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after Typhoon Yagi swept through the region, as the death toll passed 200.
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World
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International
8/24/2024 1:13:47 PM
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters Saturday from floods that inundated vast areas of the low-lying South Asian country, disaster officials said.
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World
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International
8/12/2024 5:02:54 PM
Bangladesh was experiencing a "student-led revolution" after the ouster of premier Sheikh Hasina, the South Asian country's new interim leader Muhammad Yunus said.
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World
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International
7/26/2024 3:16:59 PM
China and Russia's foreign ministers met their Southeast Asian counterparts Friday after vowing to counter "extra-regional forces", a day before Washington's top diplomat was due to arrive.
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Business
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International
7/25/2024 6:00:33 PM
The foreign ministers of Russia and China met on Thursday on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers talks in Laos, Moscow and AFP journalists said.
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Business
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Economy
7/13/2024 1:32:22 PM
The International Monetary Fund has agreed to loan Pakistan $7 billion to bolster its faltering economy, with Islamabad pledging Saturday it would be the last time it relied on relief from the Washington-based lender.
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Business
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Economy
6/26/2024 4:50:25 PM
International credit rating agency Fitch downgraded the Maldives Wednesday and warned that South Asia's tourist paradise could be headed for a sovereign default on its foreign loans.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/21/2024 6:08:03 PM
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations could represent a model of successful integration, consensus-building, and the pursuit of shared interests for the Middle East, writes Mostafa Ahmed
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World
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International
4/28/2024 2:26:26 PM
South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued health warnings and residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls for relief.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/28/2024 11:22:00 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry underlined in a meeting on Thursday with Tariq Ahmad, the UK's Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs, the urgent need to enforce a complete ceasefire in Gaza in compliance with the UN Security Council resolution.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
3/18/2024 1:08:29 PM
The embassies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries in Egypt organized the first Ramadan iftar at the Diplomatic Club of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, per an invitation from the Philippines embassy in Cairo, on Sunday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
3/12/2024 3:46:58 PM
Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Dessouky considers the spread of the terror organisation beyond the Middle East
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World
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International
3/5/2024 1:10:28 PM
Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels collided in the disputed South China Sea, and four Filipino crew members were injured Tuesday in high-seas confrontations as Southeast Asian leaders gathered for an Asian summit where alarm over Beijing’s aggression at sea was expected to be raised.
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World
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International
2/14/2024 3:56:43 PM
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto claimed victory in the first round of the archipelago's presidential election Wednesday after preliminary results indicated he was on course to be elected leader of Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
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World
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International
2/14/2024 12:40:25 PM
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has a strong lead in the race for the presidency of Southeast Asia's biggest economy, preliminary results from pollsters showed Wednesday after polls closed.
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World
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International
10/1/2023 2:13:46 PM
Indonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed multibillion-dollar project backed by China that will cut travel between capital Jakarta and another major city by hours.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/5/2023 5:03:07 PM
The US-China and China-India rivalry in South Asia today seems set to change the geopolitics of the region.
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World
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Region
7/12/2023 6:53:11 PM
Saudi Arabia signed on Wednesday ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), making it the 51st country partner for the regional bloc.
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Business
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Economy
7/11/2023 6:19:28 PM
Saudi Arabia has deposited $2 billion into Pakistan's central bank, the government said Tuesday, a much-needed financial boost ahead of a critical meeting of the International Monetary Fund on the new bailout package for the cash-strapped South Asian country.
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World
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International
7/11/2023 11:27:02 AM
Indonesia's top diplomat warned Tuesday of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms.
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