Asia

Former army chief and military ruler General Pervez Musharraf’s funeral was held at Polo Ground in Karachi’s Malir Cantonment, with thousands of worshippers present and many political leaders absent

The Kuwait Civil Service Commission has given the green light to the Ministry of Education to hire foreign talent for the 2023/2024 academic year

Power plant developer ACWA Power and the government of Azerbaijan have signed an agreement for the possible installation of a battery energy storage system in the country

Gas supply from Armenia to Artsakh, which had been blocked by Azerbaijan on February 6, has been partially restored

Parliament passed a bill to impeach Minister of Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min for the "inadequate response" to the Itaewon crowd crush, with 179 votes in favor, 109 against and 5 abstained - at least half of the votes from all 299 lawmakers were requir

Outlining UN programmes for 2023, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Afghan women and girls were being 'isolated' due to restrictions imposed by the country's interim regime

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is reportedly considering recruiting legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo to promote the possibility of normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia

The death toll of the earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria grows by the hour, with shocks of up to 7,9 along a fracture of more than 150 km; in history, such a strong tremor in that area occurred in 859 a.D.

The Maldivian Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into allegations that Iraq-born Dr Mala Ali Mahmud, who claims to heal people with hearing and vision problems, has cured several patients in the country

Ahmad Jubran, an architect and PhD candidate at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, launched a community initiative to clean-up and document abandoned heritage buildings in Salt; the first campaign targeted Said Al Bahra School, which opened in the 1950s

Bangladesh has asked Pakistan to apologise for atrocities committed by its armed forces in 1971 to improve ties between the two countries