Rabat, June 22 - Moroccan authorities have said that 20 pilgrims from Morocco have died during this year's Haj rituals in Saudi Arabia.

Colombo, June 22 - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has emphasised Sri Lanka's commitment to advance eco-tourism through the conservation of wetlands, according to the President's Media Division.

okyo, June 22 - The rainy season has started across a large area of Japan, the weather agency said.

Beijing, June 22 - Rainfall-triggered disasters have left 38 people dead and two others missing in Pingyuan County in south China's Guangdong province as of 3 p.m. Friday, local authorities said.

Swat, June 21 - In yet another horrifying incident of mob lynching, a local tourist in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province's Swat district was brutally lynched to death and his body burnt to ashes in the middle of the road over accusation of

Cairo, June 21 - Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that 28 deaths were confirmed among the 50,752 officially registered Egyptian pilgrims during Haj in Saudi Arabia's Mecca.

Jakarta, June 21 - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's eastern Highland Papua province on Friday morning without generating large waves, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

Beijing, June 21 - Torrential rains have killed nine people in two places in south China's Guangdong province, local authorities said.

Bangkok, June 21 - Thailand is pushing forward with its plan to become a member of the BRICS group of emerging economies as early as October at the bloc's next summit in Russia, a Thai Foreign Ministry official said.

Colombo, June 20 - Marking strong neighbourhood ties between South Asia's historical allies India and Sri Lanka, visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday jointly inaugurated the formal commissioning of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre

Beijing, June 20 - Rescue work is continuing in China's flooded areas on Thursday after days of heavy rainfall.

Islamabad, June 20 - Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that New Delhi holds "no authority or ground" to raise questions on references made on Jammu and Kashmir in the Pakistan-China Joint statement issued in Beijing after talks between Prime Minister Shehbaz

Colombo, June 20 - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has revealed plans to create a new commercial bank, an economic commission and an institute called "Enterprise Sri Lanka" to promote a competitive and digitalised green economy, the President's Media Division (PMD) said.

Beirut, June 19 - Dozens of Muslims have died during the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia this year due to heat-related medical issues amid scorching temperatures, according to figures released by several countries.

Kathmandu, June 19 - Over 450 people joined a yoga demonstration event organised by the Indian Embassy in Nepal on the banks of the picturesque Phewa Lake in Pokhara, the tourism capital of the country, ahead of the 10th International Day of Yoga

Yanaan (China), June 19 - Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasised the armed forces' political loyalty at a crucial meeting on the political work in the military held in Yan'an, an old revolutionary base in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.