Myanmar’s military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned December election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his other role as acting president. An announcement in state media said a decree that granted power to the military after its 2021 coup had […]
Read MoreIndia is engaged in trade talks with the United States, an Indian government source with knowledge of the discussions said on Friday, a day after US President Donald Trump signed an order imposing a 25% tariff on New Delhi’s exports. Trump set steep import duties on dozens of trading partners, including a 35% tariff on […]
Read MoreBy Dr. Robert M. Cutler Russia’s July decree requiring FSB approval for foreign vessels entering Novorossiysk introduces a new procedural constraint into the regional export environment. Modest in scope, the measure nevertheless grants Moscow a latent mechanism for influencing Kazakhstan’s primary oil export route via the CPC pipeline, and by extension, its westward orientation. The […]
Read MoreBy Orange Wang in Beijing Claims by the head of the FBI that China is a threat to the Indo-Pacific are groundless, Beijing said as the American security agency opened its first permanent office in New Zealand. “We strongly oppose any attempt to make groundless assertions or vilification against China out of the Cold War […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI/MOSCOW: At least two vessels loaded with Russian oil bound for refiners in India have diverted to other destinations following new US sanctions, trade sources said, and LSEG trade flows showed. The US Treasury Department this week imposed sanctions on more than 115 Iran-linked individuals, entities, and ships, some of which are involved in […]
Read MoreBy Aisyah Llewellyn It was a day Bibi Rahima Farhangdost feared might never come. After 11 years living in limbo in Indonesia as an Afghan refugee, she was finally on her way to a new life in Australia, boarding a flight to Tasmania at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on July 23. “Finally, it happened. I […]
Read MoreBy Maria Siow Bangladesh’s renewed quest for Asean membership comes at a moment of acute internal flux and regional scepticism, as interim leader Muhammad Yunus looks to Malaysia for support but finds the path to entry blocked by questions over governance and stability. On Sunday, he revived his country’s call for Malaysia’s backing to secure […]
Read MoreBy Hadi Azmi Supporters of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim are calling for him to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, days after he brokered a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, for which US President Donald Trump has also taken the lion’s share of credit. Anwar hosted the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand for […]
Read MoreBy Vlad Savov India has overtaken China to become the top source of smartphones sold in the US, after Apple Inc. shifted to assemble more of its iPhones in the South Asian country. In the quarter through June, India was the largest manufacturer of smartphones shipped to the US for the first time, accounting for […]
Read MoreNew Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): India’s humanitarian outreach to Syria continued with the delivery of a fresh consignment of critical medical aid, the Ministry of External Affairs said. In a ‘X’ post on Tuesday, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “India’s humanitarian support to the people of Syria continues.” He informed that India had “handed […]
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