At least 17 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi early Thursday, officials said.
Japan on Friday announced it is pouring a massive $2.4bn into a new railway in the Philippines aimed at easing Manila's notorious gridlock.
The construction of a billion-dollar long-distance railway connecting all six GCC countries could take between six and eight years, a senior official of AbuIssa Holding has said.
Cambodia's sole passenger train resumed a regular weekend service on Saturday after being suspended for years, with Prime Minister Hun Sen climbing aboard to inaugurate the first trip.
