India’s federal government wants states to directly transfer electricity subsidies to consumers rather than asking power distribution companies to charge a lower tariff. ( read original story ...)
Analysis: South Korea Sees Hope and Threat in Mixed Message From North’s Kim
South Korean officials have seized on conciliatory comments by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the weekend as a sign that tension could be easing but also worry the huge number of rockets he ... ( read original story ...)
UN urged to take action against Myanmar over civilian abuses
First-hand testimonies, images obtained by Amnesty show the Myanmar military’s ‘utter disregard for civilian suffering’. ( read original story ...)
‘Not scared of the virus’, Myanmar taxi driver’s pilgrimage to a sacred pagoda
Defying the threat of contracting coronavirus and a citywide lockdown, Myanmar taxi driver Ko Naing, 50, still travels each day to pray outside the sacred Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, the country’s ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar detains large amount of unlawful drugs
The Myanmar authorities have confiscated a large quantity of ammonium nitrate in Kachin state, according to an update from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on Sunday, October ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar army ‘burning villages and killing civilians’ in growing civil war, Amnesty reports
Villages have been burnt and civilians killed by the Myanmar army as the civil conflict in the country’s western Rakhine state continues to escalate, according to a report by Amnesty International. ( read original story ...)
WHO admires India’s support to Myanmar in fight against Covid-19
Nay Pyi Taw [Myanmar], October 12 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation representative in Myanmar has admired India for its assistance to Myanmar in the fight ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand to manufacture AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine – UK govt
The British government said on Monday that Thailand's Ministry of Public Health and Siam Bioscience have agreed to manufacture and supply AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the southeast ... ( read original story ...)
Iran has highest daily virus death toll, new patient count
For the second day in a row, Iran announced Monday its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus with 272 people confirmed dead. The announcement by ... ( read original story ...)
Iran and Venezuela are Circumventing American Energy Sanctions
In September, the Iranian regime of Hassan Rouhani sent four oil tankers to Venezuelan coasts. Last week, the fleet arrived, a lifeline for a regime that has been struggling to meet Venezuela’s energy ... ( read original story ...)