Sightings of armored personnel carriers in Myanmar’s biggest city and an internet shutdown have raised political tensions, after vast numbers of people around the country flouted orders against ... ( read original story ...)
Military Imposes Full Grip on Myanmar in Overnight Crackdown
Armored vehicles rolled in along with soldiers in camouflage in cities across the country as generals moved to crush the protest movement against the Feb. 1 military coup. ( read original story ...)
Myanmar Military Tightens Control in Overnight Crackdown
Armored vehicles moved into cities across Myanmar on Sunday evening. In Myitkyina, in the northern part of the country, security forces fired rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas at a crowd of ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar: tanks roll into cities as internet shut down
Diplomats warn ‘the world is watching’ amid fears for fate of pro-democracy protesters ... ( read original story ...)
Kurdish militants executed 13 Turkish citizens in Iraq, Turkey says
The bodies, including those of security personnel, were found during a Turkish operation in northern Iraq against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which denied it had executed prisoners. ( read original story ...)
Turkey accuses PKK militants of executing 13 Turkish captives in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey could use the deaths as justification to launch an operation against the PKK in Yazidi-dominated Sinjar, something Ankara has been lobbying Baghdad to greenlight. ( read original story ...)
Decorated Vietnam vet to be first laid to rest in Mount Calvary Cemetery’s Veterans Garden
A recently deceased Vietnam veteran on Monday will become the first person laid to rest in the new "Veterans Garden" at Mount Calvary Cemetery. ( read original story ...)
There’s a bad smell to Japan’s corporate governance reform
But its source — a mix of ingrained gender inequality, invisible networks that support the incompetent, excessive deference to authority, opaque habits of governance and other stabilisers of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Unizo under pressure to consider bankruptcy filing
A Japanese real estate developer that pulled off a $1.9bn employee buyout with US private equity firm Lone Star is under pressure from a leading creditor to consider filing for bankruptcy protection. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan beats SAfrica by 4 wickets to win T20 series 2-1
Pakistan overcame David Miller’s 45-ball 85 to beat South Africa by four wickets in the third and final Twenty20 and clinch the series 2-1 on Sunday. The ... ( read original story ...)