India’s Modi Begins 2nd Term in Office Amid High Expectations
NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a second term on Thursday during a glittering ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi, after a landslide election victory that sealed his position as the country’s most powerful …
Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of fresh ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine
YANGON, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) � Myanmar’s military is guilty of committing new war crimes, extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels, Amnesty International said.The armed forces have deployed thousands of troops and …
Myanmar Strives For Wild Elephant Conservation
YANGON, Myanmar, Myanmar’s Yangon regional government, honoured conservationists for their work in wild elephant conservation, which resulted in no killing of wild elephants during 2018.The certificates of honour were presented by Yangon Region Chief …
Human Trafficking Across Myanmar-China Border Increases in 2019
The number of women from Myanmar being trafficked for marriage to Chinese husbands is increasing, according to statistics kept by officials stationed at the Myanmar-China border.Police Chief Kyaw Nyunt of Myanmar’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force in …
Saving livelihoods saves lives 2018
In recent years, the number of people experiencing hunger � both chronic and acute � has been alarmingly and persistently high. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World has repeatedly flagged global attention to the steady rise in t…
Local MP, at Least 10 Others, Killed in NE India
GUWAHATI, INDIA A state legislator in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and at least 10 others were killed Tuesday in an attack by suspected separatist militants, officials said.The attack follows the end of India’s typically violent ge…
Vietnam, EU Snub US on Trade
HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam and Europe could be swapping more pomelo fruit and Portuguese cheese soon if a new trade deal comes into effect, linking two regions that have been looking for an alternative to the trade tensions brought on by the United Sta…
China’s Top Diplomat Calls for US Restraint on Trade, Iran
SHANGHAI Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday that recent U.S. words and actions had harmed the interests of China and its enterprises, and that Washington should show restraint, China’s Foreign Ministr…
China’s Top Diplomat Calls for US Restraint on Trade, Iran
SHANGHAI Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday that recent U.S. words and actions had harmed the interests of China and its enterprises, and that Washington should show restraint, China’s Foreign Ministr…