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By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Kyiv - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told Europeans to expect a difficult winter as the Russian assault on his country leads to cuts in oil and gas exports by Moscow. Zelenskiy was speaking on Saturday night after Moscow shut down a main pipeline that …
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By AFP and published by CNA Washington - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today (Sept, 3) denounced a new three-year sentence imposed on Myanmar's ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urged further pressure on the country's junta. "We strongly condemn the Burma military regime's unjust sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi …
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By AP and published by US News & World Report Dubai, United Arab Emirates - A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, according to a court document obtained today (August 31). It was the second such sentence that has …
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By Reuters and published by CNA Washington - Two US Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait today (August 28), the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi enraged China which regards the island as its territory. The US Navy, confirming a Reuters report, …
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By AP and published by Washington Post Kyiv, Ukraine - Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant today (August 26) in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily …
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By AP and published by ABC News plus CNN Moscow - The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said today (August 21). The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated 29-year-old …
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By AFP and published by The Straits Times Singapore - China's recent decision to fire missiles over Taiwan is a "gorilla in the room" that has to be contested, a top US military commander said today (August 16). Beijing has carried out huge air and sea drills this month around Taiwan in a furious …
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By Reuters and published by CNA Beijing - China's military said it carried out more exercises near Taiwan today (August 15) as a group of US lawmakers visited the Chinese-claimed island and met President Tsai Ing-wen, in what Beijing said was an infringement of its sovereignty. The five US lawmakers, led by Senator Ed …
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By Reuters and Bloomberg and published by The Straits Times Taipei - A US lawmaker delegation arrived in Taiwan today (August 14) for a two-day visit during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to come amid continued military tensions with the island’s giant neighbour China. China regards Taiwan as …
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By AP and published by Los Angeles Times Chautauqua, N.Y. - Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck today (August 12) by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western …
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By Reuters and published by The Star New Delhi - India has offered to sell 18 light-combat aircraft (LCA) "Tejas" to Malaysia, the defence ministry said on Friday (August 5), adding that Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia, and the Philippines were also interested in the single-engine jet. The Indian government last year …
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By AFP and Reuters, published by CNA Tokyo - Ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for the first time, Tokyo's defence minister said today (August 4). "Five of the nine ballistic missiles launched by China are believed to have landed within Japan's EEZ," Nobuo Kishi …
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By AFP and Reuters, published by CNA Tokyo - Ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for the first time, Tokyo's defence minister said today (August 4). "Five of the nine ballistic missiles launched by China are believed to have landed within Japan's EEZ," Nobuo …
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By Agencies and published by CNA Taipei - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday (Aug. 2) as part of an ongoing Asia tour. It is the highest-profile visit by a US official to the island in 25 years. Images showed the 82-year-old lawmaker, who flew in on a US military aircraft …
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By AP and published by Nbc12.com Kyiv, Ukraine - A small explosive device carried by a makeshift drone blew up on Sunday at the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean Peninsula, wounding six people and prompting the cancellation of ceremonies there honouring Russia’s navy, authorities said. Meanwhile, one of Ukraine’s richest men, …
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By Reuters and published by CNA MYANMAR'S Southeast Asian neighbours issued a stinging rebuke today (July 26) of the ruling military's execution of four political activists, calling it "highly reprehensible" and destructive to regional efforts to de-escalate the crisis. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), which includes Myanmar, said it was "extremely …
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By Reuters and published by CNA MYANMAR'S military junta today (July 25) said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades, sparking widespread condemnation. Sentenced to death in closed-door trials in January and April, the four men had been accused …
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By AP and published by Toronto Star The Hague, Netherlands — Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday (July 22) dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. The decision establishing the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction sets …
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By Reuters, published by The Straits Times Berlin - A Munich brewpub has found a novel way to beat Europe's cooking oil shortages - letting customers pay for their beer with sunflower oil to ensure plentiful stocks for frying schnitzels. With Ukraine and Russia accounting for about 80 per cent of global exports of …
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THE SENIOR British diplomatic representative to Myanmar, Pete Vowles, who has been locked out of the country since late February after refusing to present his credentials has now been expelled from the country, Matichon newspaper said this evening (July 13). Vowles, who arrived in Myanmar late last year as Britain's ambassador but did not …
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By Reuters and published by CNA Tokyo - The mother of the man arrested for the killing of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is a member of the Unification Church, the church's Japan head said on Monday (July 11). A police investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe prompted …
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By Reuters and published by CNA Colombo - Leaders of Sri Lanka's protest movement said on Sunday (July 10) they would occupy the residences of the president and prime minister until they finally quit office, the day after the two men agreed to resign leaving the country in political limbo. Thousands of protesters stormed President …
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