Authorities in Sri Lanka have banned women from wearing face veils in public, following a spate of suicide attacks by Islamist militants that killed at least 250 people and injured hundreds.
Leaders from dozens of countries have begun arriving in China to attend the April 25-27 Belt and Road Forum in Beijing.
At least 207 people were killed and more than 500 were injured in Sri Lanka on April 21 as multiple coordinated explosions hit several locations including hotels and churches in the capital where worshippers attended Easter services.
Islamabad has dismissed a dossier handed over by New Delhi in the wake of a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last month that brought the neighbors to the brink of war, saying that the allegation Pakistan-based militants were involved was unsubstantiated.
A Kazakh military helicopter has crashed on a training flight, killing all 13 people on board, the Defense Ministry said.
Pakistan has spoken out against the militarization of space after neighboring India said it had successfully managed to shoot down a low-orbit satellite in a missile test.
At least 17 people have been killed in flash floods caused by heavy rains in Iran's southern province of Fars, officials say.
Media outlets quoted Berdymukhammedov as saying that the amnesty was linked to the Norouz new year holiday.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani on March 17 launched four new projects in the development of a massive natural-gas field beneath the Persian Gulf that Iran shares with Qatar.
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to seven years in prison, local media report.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has called for what he called "decisive" action by Pakistan in the wake of a deadly suicide attack in a border area.
The United States has for the first time named Gulnara Karimova, the elder daughter of the late president of Uzbekistan, in a major international bribery scheme, charging her with conspiracy to violate U.S. foreign-corruption laws.
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