Myanmar government has shutdown internet in eight townships of Rakhine and Chin states following its upcoming general elections The United Nations Human Rights Council has expressed serious concerns ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Oil Sector
The Trump administration is trying to fortify its campaign of maximum pressure against Iran from being reversed by a potential Biden administration. ( read original story ...)
Iran summons French diplomat over alleged insult against Prophet Mohammad
Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the French charge d'affaires over alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Mohammad, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported on Tuesday.A ministry official told the ... ( read original story ...)
Iran summons French diplomat over Macron’s remarks
Iran summoned a French diplomat in protest at what it says is France's support for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, state media reported on Tuesday, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s cabinet approves measure to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to public: media
Japan's cabinet approved a plan on Tuesday to use public funds to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the public for free, the Nikkei newspaper reported. ( read original story ...)
Senkaku Islands: Japan and China both claim these islands as their own. Now the US is showing Tokyo how it can help defend them
Tens of thousands of US and Japanese troops will begin a massive island-landing exercise in the Pacific this week as part of joint military operations seen as a warning to China that Washington backs ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s cabinet approves plan for free COVID-19 vaccines
Japan's cabinet approved a plan on Tuesday to use public funds to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the public for free, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to provide ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands in Bangladesh protest against French cartoons
Around 10,000 people in Bangladesh rallied in the South Asian nation's capital on Tuesday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricatures depicting the ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands rally in Bangladesh calling for boycott of French goods
Protesters in Dhaka burn effigy of French President Emmanuel Macron for defending Prophet Muhammad’s caricatures. ( read original story ...)
Huge anti-France rally in Bangladesh capital over Macron’s cartoon defence
Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the Bangladesh capital on Tuesday in the biggest anti-France rally since President Emmanuel Macron defended cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. ( read original story ...)