Tag Archives: Pacific Asia

As concerns mount around the world about a mutated coronavirus strain, several nations are deciding to close their borders to control its spread. Several countries have decided to close their borders and suspend commercial flights to control the spread of a new strain of coronavirus first discovered in the UK. …

Sydney’s northern beach area goes into lockdown as Australian states, territories tighten restrictions on arrivals from New South Wales. Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) authorities have subjected approximately a quarter of a million people in Sydney’s North Beach suburbs to a strict lockdown and restricted gatherings throughout the rest of …

According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), a big data program in China’s Xinjiang “arbitrarily selects” Muslims for detention, pointing to behaviors such as wearing a veil, studying the Koran or going on the Hajj pilgrimage. In a new report on Wednesday, the rights group said it analyzed a leaked list …

Refugees and aid workers say some of the refugees were forced to go to the flood-prone island of Bhashan Char. More than 1,600 Rohingya refugees set sail from Chittagong port in southern Bangladesh on Friday for the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, a naval official …

China and 14 other countries agreed to form the world’s largest free trade bloc, which encompasses nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal that many in Asia hope will help accelerate recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Association, or RCEP, was …

Naval forces from India, Australia, Japan and the United States unite for the military exercise in the Bay of Bengal. India, Australia, Japan and the United States have begun a joint military exercise in the Bay of Bengal, and all four are cautiously monitoring China’s growing military might. Ships, planes …

The gap between Muslim nations and France is growing after French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this month that Islam was a religion in “crisis.” Tensions escalated after French teacher Samuel Paty was killed on October 16 near his school in broad daylight. He had shown cartoons of the Prophet …

India is poised to sign a military agreement with the United States for the exchange of sensitive satellite data as the two sides began a high-level security dialogue aimed at countering China’s growing power in the region. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper flew to …

China says the US move sends “a very wrong signal to separatist forces advocating for Taiwan independence.” China has threatened “to provide legitimate and necessary responses” after the United States approved the possible sale of advanced weapons systems worth 1.8 billion dollars to Taiwan, an autonomous island that Beijing claims …

At an altitude of almost 15,000 feet, the residents of the village of Chushul traverse the desolate and unforgiving territory of the Indian state of Ladakh. With heavy and crammed duffel bags, sacks of rice, cans of heavy fuel and bamboo poles tied behind their backs, they trudge towards the …