DHAKA: Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, won re-election for a fifth term on Sunday ( Jan 7 ), according to officials. This came after an opposition party’s boycott, which she branded as “terrorist organization.” An Election Commission spokesman told AFP in the early hours of Monday morning thatContinue Reading
As North Korea fired artillery shells close to its border with the South for the third day in a row, Kim Yo Jong, the sister and important ally of leader Kim Jongg Un, declared on Sunday ( Jan 7 ) that it would immediately launch military strikes in response toContinue Reading
According to a foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday ( Jan 7 ), China will sanction five US military manufacturers in response to the most recent round of US arms sales to Taiwan. Washington and Beijing frequently disagree over US hands sales to Taiwan. Taiwan’s state rejects the assertion that ChinaContinue Reading
The two powers held competing martial training in the South China Sea this past week as run-ins over disputed territory grew more intense there. According to Wang , China wants the US to change its mind and honor its creation journey, including defending its territorial integrity and national sovereignty, “in anContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Without further explanation, the navy announced on Friday ( Jan 5 ) that commandos from the Indian Navy had boarded a Liberian-flagged ship in the Arabian Sea and are currently conducting” sanitization” operations. Less than a day after the army learned that the MV Lila Norfolk had beenContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: After attempting to hijack a merchant ship in the Arabian Sea on Friday ( Jan ), the Indian Navy said it had not discovered any pirates on board. Less than a moment after receiving word that the MV Lila Norfolk large aircraft had been hijacked about 460 coastalContinue Reading
ACTIVITIES IN PRESENCE The training this week come after a quarter of anxious skirmishes between China and the Philippines over disputed islands in the region, during which Chinese ships and Chinese vessels collided and fired water cannons at Philippine boats. According to one expert, Beijing wanted to make the SouthContinue Reading
MANILA: According to a statement from the Philippine military, the Philippines and the United States started their two-day joint patrol in the South China Sea on Wednesday ( Jan 3 ). Romeo Brawner, the head of the Spanish military, claimed that the second for joint military exercise represented a” significantContinue Reading
BEIJING: According to the Chinese foreign ministry, on Wednesday ( Jan 3 ), China is willing to give Japan the assistance it needs in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck the nation on New Year’s Day. According to government spokesman Wang Wenbin at a routine media briefing, thereContinue Reading
SEOUL: South Korea has protested to Japan over a tsunami advisory issued by its neighbour following the powerful New Year’s Day earthquake that featured a map displaying a group of its islands also claimed by Tokyo, officials in Seoul said on Tuesday (Jan 2). Although ties have improved in recentContinue Reading