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-- 2021-02-21 09:58:55
Two people were killed in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay on Saturday when police and soldiers fired to disperse protests against a Feb. 1 military coup, emergency workers said, the bloodiest day...
Reuters 2021-02-20 18:22:27
Two people were killed in Myanmar's second city Mandalay on Saturday when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a Feb 1 military coup, emergency workers said, the bloodiest day in more than...
REUTERS 2021-02-20 18:07:26
The United States has voiced concerns about Malaysia’s plans to deport asylum seekers and others from Myanmar, as the nearby country’s navy ships arrived in Malaysian waters to pick them u...
Reuters 2021-02-20 17:50:09
Saudi Arabia will invest more than $20 billion in its domestic military industry over the next decade as part of aggressive plans to boost local military spending, the head of the kingdom’s mili...
REUTERS 2021-02-20 15:17:13
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and nine ministers survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Saturday after a four-day censure debate, with protests calling for his ouster set...
REUTERS 2021-02-20 11:17:03
A Delhi court granted a police request on Friday to extend the detention of climate activist Disha Ravi who they accuse of sedition for her alleged role in the creation of an online “toolkit&rdq...
Reuters 2021-02-19 20:28:39
Myanmar’s refined fuel imports have stalled as protests over the military coup have shut banks and government offices, while a depreciation of its currency has driven up costs, five industry sou...
UNB 2021-02-19 19:59:44
The disengagement process of the Indian and Chinese troops in a tense area of their contested border has been completed, local media reported on Friday. Both sides completed withdrawal of troops and...
-- 2021-02-19 17:19:31
A Singaporean firm that has sold anti-drone products to Myanmar's police is halting further business in the country and has cancelled a deal with its main airport following a military's coup, a compan...
REUTERS 2021-02-19 15:35:07
Iran will “immediately reverse” actions in respect of its nuclear programme when US sanctions are lifted, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday, reiterating Tehran’s p...
-- 2021-02-19 15:30:15
A young woman protester in Myanmar who was shot in the head last week as police dispersed a crowd died on Friday, her brother said, the first death among opponents of a February 1 coup from two weeks...
REUTERS 2021-02-19 11:07:04
Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup welcomed new sanctions from Britain and Canada on Friday as protesters prepared to take to the streets for what will mark two weeks of daily demonstrations i...
Reuters 2021-02-19 09:27:32
Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s ruling generals on Thursday for toppling the civilian-led government while Japan said it had agreed with the United States, India and Australia...
-- 2021-02-18 21:04:29
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged neighbouring countries to create a special visa scheme for doctors and nurses to move around the region during health emergencies. He also propos...
-- 2021-02-18 18:32:52
Indonesia's capital Jakarta is threatening residents with fines of up to 5 million rupiah ($356.89) for refusing COVID-19 vaccines, an unusually stiff penalty aimed at ensuring compliance with a new r...
Reuters 2021-02-18 17:56:48
Protesters demonstrated across Myanmar again on Thursday to denounce the Feb 1 military coup and arrest of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and police forcefully dispersed crowds, using water cannon i...
Reuters 2021-02-18 13:37:36
Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a dispute with the government o...
-- 2021-02-18 13:00:47
Iran has informed the UN nuclear watchdog it plans to install more of its advanced IR-2m centrifuges at an underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, a report by the agency on Wednesday said, whi...
-- 2021-02-18 12:04:04
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Myanmar on Wednesday, rejecting the army’s assertion that the public supported its overthrow of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and saying they would n...
Reuters 2021-02-17 21:31:43
India on Wednesday offered a COVID-19 vaccine to all United Nations peacekeepers - nearly 95,000 troops in 12 missions around the world. “Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such...
Reuters 2021-02-17 19:38:40
With falling rates of COVID-19 infection in India and surveys suggesting nearly 300 million people may already have antibodies, some experts believe the worst of the disease has passed, despite a rece...
REUTERS 2021-02-17 17:20:26
Six people were killed in a fire at a gold mine in eastern China’s Shandong province, while four others were rescued, state media reported on Wednesday. The fire occurred at around 6 am local t...
REUTERS 2021-02-17 14:56:27
Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said officials were on the verge of announcing the deal in December when BioNTech pulled the plug. While he did not directly say China was to blame, Chen implie...
REUTERS 2021-02-17 13:50:58
Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup, including celebrities, veteran activists and students, rejected on Wednesday an army assertion that there was public support for overthrowing elected leader...
-- 2021-02-17 13:08:11
Disha Ravi, the 22-year-old Indian environmental activist accused of sedition over a document backing protesting farmers, is as committed to protecting animals from harm as she is to save the Earth fr...
-- 2021-02-17 11:09:29
Hanan Ashrawi, the most famous woman in Palestinian politics, will not be running in the first elections for 15 years, opting instead to mentor a new generation of political leaders. Over three decad...
-- 2021-02-17 10:58:21
An Israeli ministerial committee approved the purchase of new jets, aircraft and munitions from US companies, an Israeli official has said, in a deal that would be worth billions of dollars. “A...
-- 2021-02-17 10:52:39
The BBC’s investigative news programme Panorama on Tuesday published a video it said was of Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, saying that she was being held against he...
Reuters 2021-02-16 20:01:32
Myanmar police have filed a second charge against former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after the military deposed her and seized power in a coup on February 1, her lawyer said on Tuesday. She has already...
REUTERS 2021-02-16 18:52:28
India has detected both the South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants and people returning from those countries may be tested more aggressively, health officials said on Tuesday. The South Afr...
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