BANGKOK: Three Myanmar journalists have been arrested in Thailand after fleeing across the border to escape a crackdown by the military junta, their employer has said. The trio were set to appear in court today, their editor added, urging Thai authorities not to repatriate them to the coup-hit country. Myanmar […]
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YANGON: Five people killed in an explosion in Myanmar this week, including an ousted lawmaker, had been building a bomb, media controlled by the military junta said today. Since the military seized power and ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, Myanmar […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is expected today to take the landmark step of recognising the World War I-era Armenian genocide, a day after he spoke to the leader of Turkey which has fought furiously for decades against such a declaration. Today marks the 106th anniversary of the waning Ottoman […]
TOKYO: Japan will hold a joint military drill with US and French troops in the country’s southwest next month, the defence minister said today, as China’s actions in regional waters raise concern. The exercise, running from May 11 to 17, will be the first large-scale exercise in Japan involving ground […]
DUBAI: Iran on Monday (Apr 12) blamed Israel for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged the centrifuges it uses to enrich uranium there, warning that it would take revenge for the assault. The comments by Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh represent the first official accusation […]
ISTANBUL: The United States will send two warships through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea next week, the Turkish foreign ministry said today, as tensions simmer between Russia and Ukraine. The ships will pass through the Bosphorus and enter the increasingly restless region on April 14 and 15 and leave […]
LONDON: Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband and a pivotal figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said today. The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had been by his wife’s side throughout her 69-year reign, the longest in British […]
BEIJING: China today accused Britain of sheltering “wanted criminals” after prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law said he had been granted political asylum there. London and Beijing are at bitter odds over the fate of Hong Kong, with Britain accusing China of tearing up its promise to maintain key […]
TOKYO: Japan and Indonesia pledged today to tighten security ties and signed a deal to facilitate transfers of defence equipment and technology between two Asian nations, as China expands its economic and military might. China’s territorial claims in the East and South China seas have become a priority issue in […]
LISBON: Portugal will extend its suspension of flights to and from Brazil and the United Kingdom until April 15, the government said today, in a bid to limit the spread of Covid-19 variants. Only residents of Portugal and the European Union will be able to travel between the three countries […]