For nearly 40 years, the Islamic republic has barred female spectators from entering football and other sports stadiums, with clerics arguing women must be shielded from the masculine atmosphere and sight of semi-clad men.

First time in nearly 40 years, women in Iran attend football match

Nuon Chea, the chief ideologist and 'Brother Number Two' of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, whose brutal rule in the 1970s led to the deaths of some 2 million people, died on Sunday at the age of 93, a court spokesman said.

Cambodian Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist, 'Brother Number Two', dead at 93

Asian countries turning back wealthy world's waste

Cambodia fined a company more than $250,000 for shipping 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste from the US and Canada, an official said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian countries hit back against an influx of rubbish.

Company fined $254,000 for shipping plastic waste to Cambodia

China will be able to place armed forces at a Cambodian naval base under a secret agreement the two nations have reached, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, although Cambodian officials denied such a deal had been struck.

Cambodia denies deal to allow armed Chinese forces at its naval base

Big US companies are accelerating efforts to move more of their supply chains from China to neighbouring countries in light of Trump administration tariffs. Companies in sectors such as technology, clothing and footwear are exporting more goods from emerging giants including Vietnam and Malaysia, data show.

US importers find ways to adapt to, skirt Donald Trump's tariffs

Cambodian Ouk Vanday is on a mission to put the piles of discarded rubbish around his neighbourhood to good use. He has built a cafe using stacks of beer bottles to make up a wall, and dead leaves to spell out the coffee shop's name -- 'Rubbish Cafe'.

Inside a Cambodian cafe built out of rubbish

The death toll from the weekend collapse of a seven-story building in Cambodia’s seaside resort city of Sihanoukville has risen to 25, authorities said Monday as the search for the missing continued.

Death toll rises to 25 in Cambodia building collapse

Eighteen people were killed when an under-construction building in Cambodia collapsed early on Saturday, an official said, as rescuers struggled to reach missing workers feared trapped under a mountain of twisted steel and rubble.

Eighteen dead, 24 injured in Cambodia building collapse

Thirteen people were killed when an under-construction building in Cambodia collapsed early on Saturday, an official said, as rescuers struggled to reach missing workers feared trapped under a mountain of twisted steel and rubble.

Thirteen dead, 23 injured in Cambodia building collapse

Cambodian actors on Monday (May 20) re-enacted scenes of civilians being killed by Khmer Rouge soldiers to remember the millions who died during the murderous Maoist regime that came to an end 40 years ago.

Cambodians re-enact genocidal horrors to remember those killed in Khmer Rouge regime

The European Union started an 18-month process on Monday that could lead to the suspension of Cambodia's duty-free trade access over its record on human rights and democracy.

EU begins process to hit Cambodia with trade sanctions

Cambodia renewed calls for arrest of veteran opposition chief Sam Rainsy on Monday amid the threat of sanctions by the European Union, its biggest garment export market worth billions of euros a year, over human rights concerns.

Cambodia seeks opposition leader's arrest amid EU sanctions threat

Cambodia and Myanmar have railed at the European Commission for resuming tariffs on millions of dollars of rice, with one ministry describing the move as a "weapon" against already poor farmers.

Cambodia, Myanmar hit out at tough EU rice tariffs

The killing fields of Cambodia, infamous prisons like S-21 in Phnom Penh and multiple genocide memorials are one amongst many markers which tourists are exposed to when they visit Cambodia.

Killing fields of Cambodia: What India can learn

Three hulking Chinese warships docked in Cambodia Wednesday for a four-day visit, as Beijing parades its naval prowess alongside its staunch Southeast Asian ally.

Three Chinese warships dock in Cambodia

Cambodia Diaries: A pictorial journey to Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom- Temple complexes

My first day in Cambodia was an eye-opener since the hospitality industry has deep roots and the country has done well after the war, I assumed that some things are a given about a society.

Cambodia diary: An eye-opener & China influence

With time lot of things about a country’s past get sidelined to the margin of collective memory. Sometimes it is done purposely and sometimes it happens without intent.

Cambodia diary: Khmer Rouge, tragedy & rural gulags

Cambodia's strongman leader Hun Sen lashed out at Western governments for pushing "democracy and human rights" on his country, capping off a tumultuous political year with a fiery speech on Saturday.

Cambodia strongman Hun Sen derides 'democracy' in fiery speech

The European Union is sending a fact-finding mission to assess whether to impose trade sanctions on Myanmar over human rights abuses and has told Cambodia it will lose its preferential trade status, EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom said on Friday.

EU sends fact-finding mission to Myanmar to consider trade sanctions

The Trump administration noted that it was "suspending or curtailing" several programmes to Cambodia

US cuts aid, military support to Cambodia

Emerging from 30-minute meeting, Prasad said that India is 'seriously considering' opening a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on IT in Cambodia and that Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) is working on the same

Cambodian PM meets Ravi Shankar Prasad, discusses digital initiatives

Heads of all ten ASEAN member countries will be in India to attend the summit two-day summit from 25-26 of January

Heads of ASEAN countries to participate in two-day summit in Delhi

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