KATHMANDU -- Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Monday urged citizens to actively participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for March 5, calling the vote as an opportunity to shape their future and that of their children.
Addressing the nation ahead of the elections, Karki said public participation is crucial to steering Nepal toward political stability and economic prosperity. (Nepal-Election)
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BANGKOK -- Thailand's Minister of Energy Auttapol Rerkpiboon announced that the ministry has ordered an immediate suspension of oil exports in response to Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the announcement on Sunday, an emergency energy monitoring center has been established to closely track developments in the Middle East and assess potential impacts. (Thailand-Oil Exports)
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COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka has extended the state of public emergency, according to an extraordinary gazette notification issued under the signature of Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, secretary to the president.
The gazette said the proclamation, issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake under Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance, brings the provisions of Part II of the ordinance into operation across the country, effective from Feb. 28, 2026. (Sri Lanka-State of Public Emergency)
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NEW DELHI -- The death toll in a massive blast inside an industrial explosives manufacturing factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra has risen to 19, officials said Monday.
Twenty-three others injured in the blast are undergoing treatment at various hospitals. (India-Factory-Blast)
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PHNOM PENH -- A Cambodian civil aviation spokesperson said on Monday that air services connecting the kingdom to three transit hubs in the Middle East have experienced partial suspension or schedule adjustments.
"Due to the evolving Middle East conflict and related regional airspace developments, certain services connected through selected transit hubs in Doha, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi have experienced partial suspension or temporary schedule adjustments," Sinn Chanserey Vutha, a secretary of state and spokesperson for the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA), said in a report released to the media. (Cambodia-Civil Aviation) ■
