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Life & Style
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Food
7/5/2022 9:52:47 AM
In a city boasting champagne brunches with views of the sea, Michelin star restaurants, and endless high-end Asian food options, a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant with plastic chairs and metal tables is one of Dubai’s go-to spots.
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World
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International
6/24/2022 7:07:34 PM
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's president Friday appointed the island's biggest casino operator Dhammika Perera as Investment minister with responsibility for a Chinese-funded tax-free enclave in the impoverished South Asian nation.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
6/23/2022 11:48:40 AM
Asian markets mostly rose Thursday on bargain buying after the previous day's battering, though oil extended losses after US Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell admitted the economy could tip into recession as the bank hikes interest rates to fight runaway inflation.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/22/2022 3:08:38 PM
Egypt has expressed its deepest condolences to Afghanistan over a devastating earthquake that hit the Asian country early on Wednesday killing around 1000 people and injuring over 600 others.
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World
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International
6/22/2022 12:29:09 PM
South Korea reported its first imported cases of monkeypox Wednesday, becoming the latest of some 40 countries -- and the first in East Asia -- to have identified the disease.
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Sports
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World
6/20/2022 10:22:02 AM
The Asian Champions League playoffs in the eastern zone are set to be staged in Japan in August.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/18/2022 10:30:38 AM
Russian hostilities in Ukraine is preventing grain from leaving the ``breadbasket of the world`` and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.
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World
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International
6/16/2022 11:45:03 AM
A special meeting between India and Southeast Asian foreign ministers opened Thursday with co-chairs India and Singapore calling for strengthening ties amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a heightened rivalry between the United States and China that threatens peace and stability in the region.
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World
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International
6/15/2022 11:04:57 AM
Japan and Australia's defense ministers on Wednesday vowed to step up their ties to support democratic values in the Indo-Pacific region and agreed to work more closely with Southeast Asia and the Pacific island nations where China is seeking to expand its influence.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
6/14/2022 9:27:53 PM
There were some positive outcomes from the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in the Asia-Pacific region, despite the background sound of the drums of war.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
6/14/2022 10:39:41 AM
Asian shares fell across the board Tuesday after Wall Street tumbled into a bear market, indicating that major U.S. benchmarks and individual stocks have fallen 20% or more from a recent high for a sustained period of time.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/13/2022 12:05:07 PM
India and other Asian nations are becoming an increasingly vital source of oil revenues for Moscow despite strong pressure from the U.S. not to increase their purchases, as the European Union and other allies cut off energy imports from Russia in line with sanctions over its war on Ukraine.
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World
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International
6/10/2022 5:05:51 PM
Muslims took to the streets in huge protests around Asia after Friday prayers, sparked by remarks about the Prophet Mohammed by an Indian ruling party official that embroiled the country in a diplomatic storm.
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World
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International
6/8/2022 8:00:20 PM
The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the World Health Organization.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
6/7/2022 1:59:57 PM
Japanese and NATO officials agreed Tuesday to step up military cooperation and joint exercises as they shared concerns that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is causing a deterioration of the security environment in Europe and Asia.
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World
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International
6/5/2022 12:03:43 PM
North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles from multiple locations toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea's military said, extending a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year that U.S. and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
6/2/2022 5:39:00 PM
US President Joe Biden wrapped up his first Asian tour in Japan this week after his official visit to South Korea.
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Sports
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World
5/26/2022 11:35:51 AM
Paris Saint-Germain will play three J-League teams on a tour of Japan this summer, the French champions said on Thursday, as they court an Asian audience with Kylian Mbappe still in tow.
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World
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International
5/25/2022 3:34:52 PM
North Korea test-launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile and two shorter-range weapons toward its eastern waters Wednesday, South Korea said, hours after President Joe Biden ended a trip to Asia where he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North's nuclear threat.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/24/2022 9:52:33 PM
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