Islamabad / AFP A special court trying former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf for treason passed an order on Tuesday freezing his bank accounts and confiscating his property, his lawyer said. The head of a three-judge panel, Mazhar Alam Miankhel, made the order in the absence of the former president, who left for Dubai in March for what was …

  Bloomberg Asia is embracing bullet trains like never before. Singapore and Malaysia signed an agreement on Tuesday that will bring a high-speed rail link to Kuala Lumpur by 2026. The long-envisioned plan, six years behind an earlier target completion date, follows a $5.5 billion project already underway in Indonesia. India last year chose Japan to build a $15 billion …

  Bloomberg Facebook Inc. is piloting a feature in India allowing users to save videos to watch offline, chasing a similar program from Google’s YouTube, as the companies attempt to crack a market ridden with poor internet connectivity. The move followed feedback from users in the country citing poor video experiences because of limited mobile coverage, Facebook said in a …