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Singapore”s NVPC- COG marks 10 years

23 Jul 2026 FA News Desk

481 purpose-driven businesses have been recognised as Companies of Good in 2026. This has brought the total number of companies conferred under the refreshed Company of Good (COG) Recognition System to 1,046 over three years. This milestone comes as the Read More
Oman population reach 5.4 million

17 Jul 2026 FA News Desk

The total population of the Sultanate of Oman at the end of last May reached 5 million, 388 thousand and 513 people. According to Omani News Agency, this has achieved a growth rate of 1.6 percent compared to the same Read More
Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha, 47, passes away

12 Jun 2026 FA News Desk

A 47-year-old Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati died on Thursday, June 11, at a hospital in Bangkok. According to the Bureau of the Royal Household statement Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol who is also popularly known as "Princess Bha," had been hospitalized Read More
IRU gets new Secretary General

29 May 2026 FA News Desk

Habib Turki has been officially confirmed as new Secretary General of IRU-- the world road transport organization after IRU’s General Assembly members voted Habib Turki as its next Secretary General in Geneva today. Proposed by the Presidential Executive, IRU’s governing Read More
FHS Africa announces award recipients

16 Mar 2026 FA News Desk

Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) Africa is to be organised from 31 March to 1 April 2026 in Nairobi. Ms. Vimbai Masiyiwa, Co-Founder and CEO of Batoka Africa will receive the Leadership Award whereas Colin Bell, CEO of Natural Selection and Read More
Servas Nepal gets new body

11 Jan 2026 FA News Desk

The new executive committee of Servas' Nepal chapter has been formed. The new body was enodrsed for a three-year term, according to the Servas International's regulations, with an anonymous by its members presented at an annual general meeting organized in Read More
Jailed journos in Belarus, Georgia receive Sakharov Prize

23 Oct 2025 FA News Desk

European Parliament has awarded 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Andrzej Poczobut, Belarusian-Polish journalist and a critic of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime, and Mzia Amaglobeli, Georgian journalist and director of media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti. The International Federation of Journalists Read More
Novel about Nepal by Sudanese writer Mahmoud AlDanou published

7 Mar 2025 FA News Desk

Sudanese journalist Mahmoud AlDanou who is currently residing in Nepal since a few years has ventured his second novel about Nepal with the tilted KATHMANDU MORNING in January 2025. The novel is published by Egypt based publishing house—IDAFA. Writer Mahmoud Read More
IOM, DHL join hands

27 Feb 2025 FA News Desk

International Organization for Migration (IOM) and DHL Group, the world’s leading logistics company announced the signing of a new global partnership agreement that will mark a milestone in DHL Group and IOM’s ongoing collective efforts to enhance humanitarian logistics and Read More
Hamad Bin Khalifa Charitable Foundation set up

28 Nov 2024 FA News Desk

Qatar has announced the establishment of Hamad Bin Khalifa Charitable Foundation. QR20 million has been allocated to establish and operate the Foundation aiming to improve the standard of living of needy people, especially Qataris, and to provide social care and Read More