DHAKA -- A large fire ripped through train compartments in Bangladesh's Sylhet region, some 240 km northeast of the capital Dhaka, on Saturday, sending a ball of flame and plumes of black smoke billowing up high into the sky.
There were no immediate reports of anyone being injured. (Bangladesh-Train-Fire)
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia had reported 1,354 dengue fever cases in the first five months of 2022, up more than 100 percent compared to the same period last year, the health ministry said in a press release on Saturday.
The disease killed three children during the January-May period this year, the ministry said, adding that the increase in precipitation in the early rainy season was attributed to the surge in dengue fever cases. (Cambodia-Dengue Fever)
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SINGAPORE -- The 19th Shangri-La Dialogue, hosted by International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), opened here Friday evening after a two-year COVID-19 pandemic hiatus.
Leading the Chinese delegation to the dialogue, Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe will address a plenary session on Sunday. (SLD-China)
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected Washington's report on the deteriorating religious freedom in Pakistan, saying that it is an "arbitrary" and "subjective" assessment.
"The inherent problem with such kinds of reports, unilateral in nature, is that they are devoid of the element of constructive engagement," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said during a weekly media briefing. (Pakistan-U.S.-Religion Report)
