At a Chinese nickel smelter in Indonesia, workers were undertaking routine maintenance at dawn when a massive explosion rocked the facility. Waste from a furnace had flowed out and hit flammable material,
India net importer of steel in April-Nov as Chinese shipments reach 5-yr high
India turned a net importer of finished steel in the first eight months of the fiscal year that began in April with shipments from China reaching their highest in five years, according to provisional government data seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
India deploys three warships to Arabian Sea after attack on tanker
The merchant vessel was attacked off India's western coast last week India has said it is sending three warships to the Arabian Sea after a drone hit an "Israel-affiliated" merchant vessel off its western coast last week.
Video Shows China’s Falling Rocket Debris Exploding in Village
F ootage from southern China has captured the moment rocket debris from a recent satellite launch plummeted from the sky and exploded near village homes. China launched two new satellites on Tuesday ...
Human trafficking to Myanmar: CID identifies four suspects including Chinese national
The Human Trafficking, Human Smuggling, and Maritime Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has initiated two special investigations into the incident of cyber slavery ...
Myanmar earns over US$931mil from beans, pulses export in over eight months
YANGON: Myanmar earned US$931.955 million from the export of about 1.1 million tonnes of beans and pulses in over eight months of the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Commerce data on ...
Myanmar Junta Responds to Battlefield Losses With More Attacks on Civilians
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup of clashes between resistance and junta forces includes incidents in Shan, Rakhine and Chin states and Mandalay, Sagaing and Magwe regions.
‘I’m A Mandalay Girl’: Teenage Soldier Fights On Myanmar’s Front Lines
An 18-year-old recruit in one of Myanmar's pro-democracy fighting units prepares to launch a drone strike on junta troops, driven by anger and her mother’s call for revolution.
Iran dismisses IAEA report on uranium enrichment -Iranian media
Iran's atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami on Wednesday said there was "nothing new" in an international nuclear watchdog report saying that Tehran had reversed a months-long slowdown in its uranium ...
Toyota-owned automaker halts Japan production after admitting it tampered with safety tests for 30 years
Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted production after admitting it falsified data in safety tests for its vehicles for 30 years.