Leading rights groups pull up ASEAN on Myanmar

Kolkata (IANS) The ASEANs continuous engagement with the brutal and illegitimate Myanmar military junta, while refusing to hold dialogues with the true representatives of the people, is an affront to its own five-point consensus, rights groups said…

36 killed in Pakistan train collision

Islamabad (IANS) At least 36 people were killed and more than 50 others injured after two passenger trains collided on Monday in Pakistan's Sindh province, authorities said.

A Sir Syed Express Train, which was en route from Lahore to Karachi,…

NATO warns Russia, Belarus against threatening allies

Brussels (IANS) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday warned Russia and Belarus against threatening the alliance's allies, following the forced landing of a passenger plane within the European Union (EU0 by Belarusian authorities.

Biden reinvigorates tariff war against India with retaliation to digital tax

New York (IANS) The US tariff war against India has been reinvigorated by President Joe Biden threatening to increase import duties on a range of imports, from prawns and Basmati rice to furniture and jewellery, in retaliation against New Delhi imposing…

Belarusian airlines banned from EU airspace after journo's arrest

Brussels (IANS) Starting from Saturday, Belarusian air carriers' will be banned from flying over the European Union (EU) airspace and also using runways in response to the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight and detention of a dissident journalist…

Phuket to reopen to vaccinated foreign visitors

Bangkok (IANS) As Thailand continues to battle its third and worst wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, authorities have said that the country's largest resort island Phuket remained on track to reopen to vaccinated foreign visitors from July 1.

S'pore lauds 'historic' EU-ASEAN air travel agreement

Singapore (IANS) The Singapore government on Friday said that the finalisation of an air transport and travel deal between the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) is "a historic achievement".

The ASEAN-EU…

Biden expands ban on Chinese surveillance firms doing biz in US

Washington (IANS) Expanding a Donald Trump-era ban on Chinese surveillance companies with alleged ties to the military, US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that increases the number of restricted Chinese firms from 48 to 59.

The…

World Bank, IMF urge action on Covid vax access

Washington (IANS) The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have called on countries anticipating excess Covid-19 vaccine supplies in the coming months to release their surplus doses as soon as possible to developing nations.

S'pore planning probe into burnt ship off SL coast

Singapore (IANS) Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) on Thursday announced that it aims to launch a probe into the burnt X Press Pearl container in the waters off the coast of Sri Lanka, as it threatens of a environmental disaster.