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Agriculture

AP Exclusive: Rohingya say military cut off food in Myanmar

Feb 9, 2018

AP Exclusive: Interviews with recent refugees indicate Myanmar's military and Buddhist residents may be controlling food in order to force the few remaining Rohingya Muslims to leave

'They want to erase us.' Hunger used to target Rohingya

Feb 7, 2018

AP Exclusive: 'They want to erase us.' More than a dozen interviews by the AP with recent refugees show an increasing desperation among the dwindling numbers of Rohingya in Myanmar in the face of what the UN says may be a genocide.

India budget offers free cooking gas, health plan for poor

Feb 1, 2018

India's finance minister has announced a federal budget with a string of populist giveaways, from free cooking gas to a health plan for the poor, in an attempt to woo voters ahead of national elections next year

Dec 21, 2017

Rohingya survivors: Myanmar's army slaughtered men, children

Myanmar's Rohingya describe ruthless army massacre that offers evidence Myanmar forces have systematically killed civilians

Sri Lanka defends Ceylon tea after Russian ban

Dec 20, 2017

Sri Lanka's plantation minister has denied that the country's agricultural products, including its famous Ceylon tea, are dangerous, days after Russia imposed a temporary ban on such goods

Saudi Arabia heralds biggest spending plans yet amid deficit

Dec 19, 2017

Saudi Arabia announces biggest budget in its history, announcing expenditures of 978 billion riyals ($261 billion) this coming fiscal year

Saudi king prioritizes economic reforms for coming year

Dec 13, 2017

Saudi King Salman delivers annual speech outlining government's priorities for coming year, focusing on economy and emphasizing anti-corruption crackdown

Iraq's vast marshes, reborn after Saddam, are in peril again

Oct 26, 2017

Iraq's southern marshes, reborn after the fall of Saddam, are imperiled once again by upstream projects

IMF: Saudi unemployment up, economy stagnant despite reforms

Oct 5, 2017

The International Monetary Fund says Saudi Arabia's economic growth is expected to remain stagnant this year as unemployment rises, despite major efforts at reform

Monsoon flooding kills at least 173 across South Asia

Aug 14, 2017

Heavy monsoon rains have devastated large swaths of northeastern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh, killing at least 173 people, displacing or stranding millions and washing away vital crops