EU, Germany reach deal to phaseout fossil fuel cars
The European Union and Germany yesterday said they had struck a deal after a dispute over the planned phaseout by 2035 of the sale of cars using fossil fuels.
Russian support for Myanmar junta ‘destabilising’ SE Asia: US envoy
Russia’s backing for Myanmar’s military rulers is unacceptable and destabilising, with its supply of weapons helping to fuel a conflict that has become a catastrophe for the country, a top US official said on Thursday.
At least 22 people killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery
At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor's post-mortem report, in what opponents of military rule say was a massacre of civilians conducted by the army.
Pakistan bans Women’s Day march
Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore have refused permission for a rally to mark International Women’s Day, which regularly meets a fierce backlash in the conservative, patriarchal country.
Fire at Indonesian fuel storage station kills 17
At least 17 people were killed when a fire broke out on Friday at a fuel storage station operated by Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina in the capital Jakarta, an official at the city's main firefighting unit said
report of GUNFIRE / Main Afghan-Pak border crossing closed
Taliban authorities have closed the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an Afghan official said yesterday, and residents in the area reported the sound of gunfire near the normally bustling border transit point.
Myanmar rebels, junta trade blame
Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup fighters yesterday traded accusations over the killing of around 30 people who were sheltering in a monastery.
China’s Xi spotlights nat’l security
China’s Xi Jinping yesterday emphasised the need to strengthen national security, in his first address since being handed a historic third term as the country’s president.
Intensify drills for a ‘real war’
Kim Jong Un ordered North Korea’s military to intensify drills for a “real war”, state media reported yesterday, as the leader oversaw a fire assault drill with his daughter in tow.
Pak bans airing of Imran’s speeches
Pakistan TV stations have been banned from broadcasting speeches by former prime minister Imran Khan, the state media watchdog said, the latest hurdle facing the politician as he campaigns for early elections.
Pak police attempt to arrest Imran Khan
Police in Pakistan said officers yesterday attempted to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, who is battling several legal cases as he pressures the government for early elections.
Indonesia to relocate residents or move fuel facility after fire
Indonesia will relocate residents living near a fuel-storage fire that killed 16 people or remove the depot owned by state energy company Pertamina to a safer location, President Joko Widodo said on Sunday..The decision will rest with State-Owned Enterprise Minister Erick Thohir, Pertamina
Pakistan bans Women’s Day march
Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore have refused permission for a rally to mark International Women’s Day, which regularly meets a fierce backlash in the conservative, patriarchal country.
Fire at Indonesian fuel storage station kills 17
At least 17 people were killed when a fire broke out on Friday at a fuel storage station operated by Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina in the capital Jakarta, an official at the city's main firefighting unit said
Myanmar junta at war with its own people: UN
Myanmar’s military rulers now see civilians as their adversaries and are making war on the country’s own people, harming even the basic ability to live, the United Nations said yesterday.
Myanmar military has caused perpetual human rights crisis: UN report
A report published by the United Nations on Friday accused Myanmar's military of creating "a perpetual human rights crisis" in the southeast Asian country and called for an immediate end to violence there.