EU member states urged to impose arms embargo over Khashoggi’s killing and the war in Yemen. The European Parliament has urged the European Union member states to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the war in Yemen. In the EU arms export report adopted on Thursday, EU […]
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SINGAPORE – There were 18 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Thursday noon (Sept 17), taking Singapore’s total to 57,532. This is the lowest daily figure since March 16, which had 17 cases. Thursday’s new cases included one community case who is a work pass holder, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). There were also two imported […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday (Sept 15) approved visas of up to 270 days for long-stay tourists as the government prepares to reopen to foreign visitors from as early as next month to help support a key sector battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Visitors will be able to extend a 90-day visa that costs […]
TOKYO (THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – It is regrettable that a meeting aimed at stability and development in the Asia-Pacific region has become an arena of competition for hegemony between the United States and China. A situation must be avoided in which participating countries are divided into two camps, siding with either the United […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced last Sept 8 that he had finally approved the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Dito Telecommunity Corp (Dito), allowing Dito to “co-locate” its communications equipment in all military camps throughout the country. The communications equipment refers […]
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – Two Chinese anti-submarine aircraft flew into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Wednesday (Sept 16) and were warned to leave by Taiwan’s air force, the island’s defence ministry said on Thursday, the day a senior US official is due to arrive. Taiwan has complained repeatedly about stepped up Chinese military activity in […]
ISLAMABAD (REUTERS) – Pakistan has opened criminal investigations into 50 pilots and at least five civil aviation officials who allegedly helped them falsify credentials to secure licences, according to two senior government sources and Cabinet meeting minutes seen by Reuters. The probes comes roughly three months after Pakistan grounded dozens of pilots over allegedly dubious […]
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s first Cabinet shows a strong preference for continuity and stability, with eight ministers kept in their positions from his predecessor Shinzo Abe’s team. But among the most notable changes was the move of Mr Taro Kono, 57, from defence minister to administrative reform minister, a position he previously […]
SINGAPORE – Two construction sites have received two stop-work orders each for failing to prevent mosquito breeding this year. In an statement on the local dengue situation issued on Wednesday (Sept 16), the National Environment Agency (NEA) said enforcement action will be taken against the companies managing the two construction sites. One of the sites, […]