Thai soldier charged over deadly shooting at army facility
BANGKOK: Thai police have charged a soldier with murder over a shooting at a military training facility that left two people dead and another wounded, officials said on Friday (Sep 16). Sergeant Major Yongyuth Mungkornkim, a clerk at the Royal Thai Army War College, will stand trial in a military courtContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s crisis pushes war-shattered Tamils to the brink
For months the population of 22 million has struggled with power cuts, rampant inflation, a plummeting rupee and a shortage of foreign exchange reserves that made it difficult to pay for imports of food, fuel and medicine. Mullaitivu is Sri Lanka’s second poorest district, with 58 per cent of householdsContinue Reading
Hong Kongers rush to learn new skills ahead of life abroad
The United Kingdom became one of the most popular destinations for Hong Kongers after it announced a visa scheme that provided a pathway to citizenship, arguing Beijing had abandoned its pre-handover promise to allow residents key freedoms and autonomy. So far more than 140,000 people have applied under the BritishContinue Reading
Iran’s new Fath 360 looks and acts like a HIMARS
Iran tested this month its indigenously-produced Fath 360 satellite-guided ballistic missile during military exercises, an apparent bid to match America’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) that has been deployed with lethal success in Ukraine. Fars News reported last week that Iran tested its Fath 360 short-range surface-to-surface missile and performed combined arms operations with […]
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Taiwan eyeing earlier end to COVID-19 quarantine for arrivals
TAIPEI: Taiwan is eyeing an earlier end to its mandatory quarantine for all arrivals and has been making relevant preparations, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday (Sep 16), as the government continues to ease controls put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. Taiwan has kept its entry andContinue Reading
An Uzbek vision for a united Eurasia
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit is historic in more than one sense. The fact that the meeting is Chinese premier Xi Jinping’s first trip abroad since 2020 conveys some of its significance. It is also the first time that the group of Eurasian leaders will have met in person since the start of Russia’s […]
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King, Queen leave for UK to pay last respects to Queen Elizabeth II
SEPANG: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah departed for London, United Kingdom, on Friday (Sept 16) to pay his last respects to Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Sept 8. Read full storyContinue Reading
New monkeypox case is returnee from Qatar
Thailand’s eighth confirmed monkeypox case is a 23-year-old Thai service provider who returned from Qatar on Tuesday, the chief of the Department of Disease Control said on Friday.Continue Reading
China's yuan weakens past key 7/dlr mark for first time in 2 years
SHANGHAI: China’s yuan weakened past the psychologically important 7 per U.S. dollar level for the first time in two years on Friday, pressured by a buoyant dollar and strong market expectations for an even more aggressive U.S. interest rate hike next week. Read full storyContinue Reading
Taiwan eyeing earlier end to COVID quarantine for arrivals
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is eyeing an earlier end to its mandatory quarantine for all arrivals and has been making relevant preparations, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday, as the government continues to ease controls put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. Read full storyContinue Reading