US cranks up funding for secretive F/A-XX fighter
The US has just ramped up funding for its next-generation carrier-based fighter in a move that aims to keep pace with China’s recent fighter jet advances. This week, The Warzone reported that the US Navy requested US$1.53 billion in its proposed 2024 Fiscal Year budget to support the development of the 6th-generation F/A-XX fighter. The […]Continue Reading
Malaysia child actress unable to walk after alleged chair-pulling incident at filming location
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian child actress who suffered from a fractured hip bone following an incident at a filming location last month has been unable to walk since then. According to local media reports, Puteri Rafasya, 12, fell on her back after the chair she was about to sit onContinue Reading
Pakistan court postpones police operation to arrest Imran Khan
LAHORE: A Pakistani high court ordered police on Thursday (Mar 16) to postpone an operation to arrest Imran Khan for another day, defusing a surge in violence that saw supporters of the former prime minister fighting pitched battles with security forces. Khan’s aide Fawad Chaudhry said the Lahore high courtContinue Reading
Japan’s return to path of militarisation ‘dangerous’: China defence ministry
BEIJING: Japan has played up so-called “external threats” in recent years and greatly boosted its defence budget, and this tendency to return to the path of militarisation is “very dangerous”, China’s defence ministry said on Thursday (Mar 16). Japan should stop doing things that harm regional peace and stability, TanContinue Reading
Rebel youth risk life and limb in Myanmar’s cruel war
Renowned photojournalist Thierry Falise recently returned from a month in Myanmar’s Kayah state, a front line in the nation’s raging civil war. This is the first article of a two-part series. KAYAH, Myanmar – Maui is a chubby man with a thick goatee and a mischievous smile. Yet the 29-year-old fighter’s affability and ease belie […]Continue Reading
Heron AirBridge Partners With Inmarsat
The result from the MoU could be used as a global blueprint
The MoU aims to encourage UAV adoption in Singapore Heron AirBridge announced today an MoU to join Inmarsat’s Velaris Partner Network (VPN) to collaboratively develop regulatory and operational frameworks and technologies for the safe management of drones in urban environments…Continue Reading
Indonesia football crush: Families devastated as police acquitted
Families of victims and human rights group are urging prosecutors to appeal against the verdicts.Continue Reading
Bhumjaithai to file legal complaints against Chuvit
The Bhumjaithai Party will have its potential candidates in 400 constituencies nationwide file legal complaints against whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit for allegedly damaging them.Continue Reading
Singapore, Indonesia tech professionals to work in each other’s industries under new agreement
Singapore and Indonesia signed six agreements at a leaders’ retreat, including in emerging areas such as energy and sustainability.Continue Reading
33 illegal migrants found crammed in abandoned pickup
KANCHANABURI: Thirty-three illegal migrants from Myanmar were left on their own in a pickup truck in Muang district in the early hours of Thursday, as the Thai driver fled after a left rear tyre burst.Continue Reading