Classified Pentagon documents leaked last week paint a grim picture of the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. While it may well be the most significant national security breach since the Snowden leaks of US National Security Agency material a decade ago, the fact that the leak occurred is almost certainly more significant than what […]Continue Reading
Thailand on Thursday officially began celebrating Songkran, or Thai New Year, with locals and foreigners alike flocking to major sites and splashing water on each other nationwide after a three-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.Continue Reading
After over a year of the Ukraine war, efforts at building a global consensus against Russia seem to have stalled, with many countries opting for neutrality. The number of countries condemning Russia has declined, according to some sources. Botswana has edged towards Russia from its original pro-Ukraine stance, South Africa is moving from neutral to […]Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Hai Soon Group, the owner of a Singapore-registered oil tanker that was boarded by “unidentified persons” off Ivory Coast earlier this week, is still unable to establish communications with the vessel, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said on Thursday (Apr 13). Of the 20 crew members on the Success 9 oil tanker, one isContinue Reading
The international community has dutifully condemned the latest barbarism perpetrated by Myanmar’s military junta after a military airstrike killed more than 50 people and injured at least 30 people, including children, on April 11 in Sagaing Region. The previous day, another airstrike killed at least nine people in Chin state. “These violent attacks further underscore […]Continue Reading
). BEIJING: A provincial maritime authority said on Sunday, April 16, that China will forbid ships from entering an area north of Taiwan due to” possible falling rocket wreckage ,” days after Beijing conducted extensive military drills around the island. The maritime security organization of China’s’s eastern Fujian province announcedContinue Reading
The exercise aims to boost Manila’s military capability while serving as a US show of support for its Asian ally amid China’s growing assertiveness. Nearly 18,000 troops are taking part in the annual exercises, which for the first time will include the sinking by live fire of a decommissioned PhilippineContinue Reading
Revellers walked through a half-kilometer-long span in Bangkok’s’s visitor district of Khaosan Road, many of them drenched to the face, blindly firing water guns and dancing to music blaring from kerbside organizations. Jared Baumeister, a attorney from New York, who flew into Bangkok this week to attend the holidays, saidContinue Reading
BEIJING: China on Thursday (Apr 13) blamed the “negative impact” of US military drills for tensions on the Korean peninsula, after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile that prompted Japan to briefly issue a seek shelter warning. South Korea’s military said it had detected one “medium range or longer” ballistic missileContinue Reading
JAKARTA: The supervisory board of Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission on Wednesday (Apr 12) questioned five leaders in the agency over alleged ethics violations in relieving a former investigation director of his duties. This came after Mr Endar Priantoro reported two members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) – chairman Firli BahuriContinue Reading