Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coup February 02, 2021 at 06:14PM

Bangladesh has hosted them in crowded refugee camps and is eager to begin sending them back to Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Several attempts at repatriation under a joint agreement failed because the Rohingya refused to go, fearing more violence in a country that denies them basic rights including citizenship.

Captain Tom Moore, UK's fundraiser 'hero', dies aged 100 February 02, 2021 at 05:15PM

Britain's Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who lifted a nation's spirits by raising millions of pounds for health service workers battling the coronavirus, died on Tuesday aged 100 after he contracted Covid-19.

Russia's coronavirus vaccine approved for use in Mexico February 02, 2021 at 05:24PM

People in Myanmar honk horns, bang on pots to protest coup February 02, 2021 at 04:54PM

Scores of people in Myanmar's largest city honked car horns and banged on pots and pans Tuesday in the first known public resistance to the coup led a day earlier by the country's military.

Biden signs immigration orders as Congress awaits more February 02, 2021 at 03:20PM

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a second spate of orders to undo his predecessor's immigration policies, demonstrating the powers of the White House and its limitations without support from Congress.

Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO of Amazon in third quarter February 02, 2021 at 11:28AM

Amazon said Tuesday that Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO later this year, a role he's had since he founded the company nearly 30 years ago. Amazon said he'll be replaced in the fall by Andy Jassy, who runs Amazon's cloud business. Bezos will then become the company's executive chairman.

Russian court sentences Alexei Navalny to 3.5 years in jail February 02, 2021 at 07:56AM

Capt. Tom Moore, UK veteran who walked for NHS, dies at 100 February 02, 2021 at 06:39AM

Capt. Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for healthcare workers has died after testing positive for Covid-19. He was 100.

Global community should focus on reconciliation in Myanmar: China February 02, 2021 at 03:29AM

Remove accused in Pearl murder case from death row cell: Pak SC February 02, 2021 at 02:51AM

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial ordered Sheikh, 46, to be transferred to the general barracks for two days following which he should be shifted to a government rest house by Friday under tight security, where his family will be able to visit from 8am to 5pm, officials said.

Alexei Navalny: Russia's outspoken anti-Putin campaigner February 01, 2021 at 11:23PM

The Yale-educated 44-year-old lawyer is banned from state television and was blocked from challenging Putin in the 2018 presidential election, but he has still managed to be a persistent thorn in the authorities' side.

Vaccine shortfall forces EU to modify jabs strategy February 01, 2021 at 11:27PM

Myanmar coup just a 'cabinet reshuffle': Chinese media February 01, 2021 at 11:11PM

As democratic leaders around the world slammed the Burmese military and President Joe Biden said the US was "taking note" of who was standing up for Myanmar's people, China's communist leadership took a softly-softly approach.

Pak court orders alleged Pearl killer be moved from prison February 01, 2021 at 10:38PM

Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release from prison on Tuesday of Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, a ringleader in the kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl by al Qaeda and Pakistani Islamist militants in 2002. ​​Pakistan's government had appealed to the court on Friday to review its decision to free the British-born Islamist.

'China's attempts to intimidate neighbours concerning' February 01, 2021 at 10:44PM

In its first response to the China-India border standoff, the Biden administration has voiced concern over Beijing's ongoing attempts to "intimidate" its neighbours and said it was closely monitoring the situation. ​​​​A top official of the new Biden administration also asserted that the US will stand with its allies to advance its shared values in the strategically-vital Indo-Pacific region.

Two killed as bombs rock Afghan capital February 01, 2021 at 09:29PM

Two people were killed as the Afghan capital was rocked Tuesday by a series of rush-hour car bombs, officials said, while a police vehicle was targeted in an attack north of Kabul. Attacks during the morning commute have become a favoured tactic of insurgents, who remotely detonate bombs attached to target vehicles.