The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has revived the theory that the Covid-19 coronavirus may have leaked from the Wuhan lab in China. WHO chief Tedros...
For almost a quarter of a century, Hong Kong was the one place under China’s communist rule that had open elections. A landslide loss just over...
Immigration and order police in Chiang Rai have stepped up their border watch duty amid concern over a possible influx of Myanmar protesters fleeing a crackdown...
Myanmar’s military coup leader said on Monday his junta would hold new elections as hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets. For three...
Foreign businesses in Myanmar have begun to act following the coup, with some explicitly indicating that military rule is against their governance principles. While the possibility...
Myanmar Army chief General Min Aung Hlaing said on Tuesday that the ousting of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in Myanmar was “inevitable”. General Min said...
The World International Monetary Fund reports it sent US$350 million in no strings attached cash to the Myanmar, for an emergency aid package to help the...
Myanmar’s military has seized power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders, while troops are patrolling the streets. A night-time curfew is...
Global bond markets may plunge into a financial crisis if private bad debt and public debt mount, while global stock markets could fall sharply if the...
Only days after his inauguration US President Joe Biden has ordered a US carrier group into the South China Sea at amid tensions between China and...
Taiwan’s Defence Ministry report China is escalating tension after their combat aircraft entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Saturday. Eight bombers...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has banned Iran from importing of American Pfizer-BioNTech and Britain’s Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines, a reflection of mistrust toward the West....
Every time a US presidential election approaches, a discussion begins which of the two candidates will be good for Pakistan? What exactly is meant by ‘good...
Leaders around the world condemned the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing shock at the chaos unfolding in...
A British judge on Wednesday denied bail to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, ordering him to remain in a high-security prison while U.K. courts decide whether he...
The US Treasury Department report this week tagged Thailand along with nine other mostly Asian countries as a possible currency manipulator, notably at a time when...
Thailand’s Foreign Minister has played down a resolution by a group of US Senators in support of Thailand’s pro-democracy protesters. Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said the...
Months after eliminating a popular challenge to its rule in Hong Kong, China is turning to an even higher-stakes target: self-governing Taiwan. The island has been...
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was finally signed in November 2020, which involves the 10 ASEAN nations, as well as Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand,...
As Donald Trump continues to defy the results of the election, the globe is searching for parallels to discern where its biggest economy is headed. Trump...