Archive for June 2021
[ Eurasianet ] In Karabakh, Turkish and Azerbaijani leaders cement alliance
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid his first official visit to Karabakh eight months after Azerbaijan’s victory in the war against Armenia. He and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on June 15 signed a new agreement aimed at boosting cooperation between the two countries on defense and economic issues. Erdogan was the first foreign leader…
Read More[ Middle East Monitor ] UAE resumes flights to Syria
Direct flights between Syria’s Damascus and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s cities of Dubai and Sharjah will resume on 20 June, the Syrian Ministry of Transport announced yesterday. In an official statement, the ministry said that the national airline, Syrian Air, will operate three flights to Sharjah and four to Dubai every week.
Read More[ Myanmar Now ]Armed USDP supporters destroy homes of pro-NLD villagers in Kanbalu
Armed members of the military-allied Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) destroyed four homes in a village in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township on Wednesday, according to local sources. About 50 USDP members and supporters carrying guns, sticks and knives gathered at the party’s office in Yi Dway village at 6am before proceeding to the homes…
Read More[ SCMP ] Malaysian king says urgent parliamentary debate needed on Covid-19 exit strategy
Statement, which follows meeting of the heads of the country’s nine royal families, appears to contradict Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who said legislature could not sit until September Muhyiddin’s administration is under fire for its failure to control a third wave of the coronavirus despite having assumed vast powers by declaring a state of emergency
Read More[ BusinessWorld ] The European Union and ASEAN are natural partners and have a common agenda
“The EU launched in April 2021 an Indo-Pacific strategy, with one key message: we want to step up our engagement and work with our partners to boost trade and investment, economic openness, and a sustainable approach to connectivity in the region. Besides being an economic powerhouse, the EU is also ready to be a political…
Read More[ Politico ] Pentagon considering permanent naval task force to counter China in the Pacific
The Pentagon is considering establishing a permanent naval task force in the Pacific region as a counter to China’s growing military might, according to two people familiar with internal discussions. The plan would also involve creating a named military operation for the Pacific that would enable the defense secretary to allocate additional dollars and resources…
Read More[ Yonhap News ] S. Korea to conduct Dokdo defense drill
South Korea was to stage an annual military exercise around its easternmost islets of Dokdo on Tuesday after Japan protested the planned drill and called off an agreed-upon summit between the two countries. The drill, named the East Sea Territory Protection Exercise, will involve the Navy, the Air Force and the Coast Guard, and be…
Read More[ Radio Free Asia ] More Than 10,000 Displaced by Renewed Fighting in Myanmar’s Battle-Ravaged Chin State
More than 10,000 people have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Chin state amid renewed fighting between junta troops and anti-coup militias in the region, according to sources, who reported casualties from clashes on Tuesday. A refugee told RFA that thousands had fled Mindat township to the surrounding mountains and jungle to escape the fighting, which resumed…
Read MoreExplosion near Pa-O National Organisation (PNO) Office in Taunggyi
Eleanor@Uniquenectar There was a bomb blast incidence near PNO office in Taunggyi today. These days there are alot of bomb blast attack in Taunggyi and SAC propagate them to accuse the innocent locals from Myanmar. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#June16Coup
Read MoreWard admin of Hlaing Tharyar township, Yangon shot. Military forces set up road blocks to check passerbys and cars in the township in reaction
Zin Nwai Phyu@zin_n_zin HlaingTharYar After Ward Admin of #HlaingTharyar tsp was shot dead this morning, SAC thugs checked the by passers and cars now in most places in #HlaingTharYar tsp now. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#June16Coup#UnfetteredAccessForAids
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