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Video: Military Drill of UAE Armed Forces – ‘Joint Emirates Shield / 50’ continues

Brew Admin   Tue 11 Jan 2022    

ABU DHABI: The ‘Joint Emirates Shield / 50’ military drill, launched by the Ministry of Defence on January 8th, continued today west of the Maritime Theater of the UAE. The exercise, which will continue until January 14, is part of […]

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S.Korea postpones military service for K-pop world stars BTS

Brew Admin   Tue 01 Dec 2020    

The National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that would allow globally recognized male pop culture artists to postpone their mandatory military duties. The assembly gave the nod to the bill on revising the Military Service Act to grant an exceptional […]

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Kashmiris shutter down shops, businesses to protest land rights law, biggest strike since 2019 ‘blackout’ protests

Brew Admin   Sun 01 Nov 2020    

Indian Kashmir was hit Saturday by its biggest general strike since losing its semi-autonomous status last year, with local anger brewing over a new measure allowing outsiders to buy land in the disputed territory. The Himalayan region has been divided […]

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No end in sight for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, shelling batters on in fourth failed ceasefire

Brew Admin   Sun 01 Nov 2020    

Armenia and Azerbaijan once more accused each other of bombing residential areas on Saturday, in defiance of a pact to avoid the deliberate targeting of civilians in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Shelling was reported by both sides […]

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Chilean polls open for nations’s referendum overhaul

Brew Admin   Sun 25 Oct 2020    

Polls have opened in Chile for a referendum on whether the Pinochet-era constitution should be torn up and replaced by a fresh charter drafted by citizens, a key demand in protests that erupted last year. Fierce anti-government demonstrations over inequality […]

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50 nations sign ‘ban on nuclear’, historic call set to roll out by 2021

Brew Admin   Sun 25 Oct 2020    

Honduras became the 50th country to ratify the international treaty banning nuclear weapons, a UN official said Saturday, allowing for the historic call to enter into force after 90 days. While nuclear-armed powers have not signed up to the treaty, […]

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Indonesia rejects U.S. navy’s ‘Poseidon’, no leave to land, re-fuel on its grounds

Brew Admin   Tue 20 Oct 2020    

Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there, according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter. U.S. officials made multiple “high-level” approaches in […]

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‘Cynical and reckless’: UK, U.S. condemn Russian hacking into Tokyo 2020 in a bid to disrupt Olympics

Brew Admin   Tue 20 Oct 2020    

Russian hackers targeted this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo with the aim of disrupting them, UK officials said. The Foreign Office said Russia’s GRU military intelligence carried out “cyber reconnaissance” against officials and organisations involved. The alleged attacks took place […]

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Nagorno-Karabakh: Humanitarian truce out the shattered window in a bid for ‘revenge’

Brew Admin   Sun 18 Oct 2020    

Armenia on Sunday accused Azerbaijan of violating a fresh humanitarian truce aimed at halting weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region that has claimed hundreds of lives. Yerevan’s defence ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said on Twitter that Azerbaijan had fired […]

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Three-fingered salutes raised to the skies, defiant Thai citizens call for equality

Brew Admin   Thu 15 Oct 2020    

The three-fingered salute from “The Hunger Games” movies flashed by Thai protesters at the royal motorcade this week has become the primary symbol of resistance in the kingdom in recent years. The gesture is a way to signal support for […]

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N.Korea unveils ballistic missile, ’disappoints’ US as denuclearisation talks still deadlocked

Brew Admin   Mon 12 Oct 2020    

A US official said Sunday it was “disappointing” that North Korea had displayed a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a military parade in Pyongyang, as denuclearisation negotiations between the two countries remain deadlocked. Leader Kim Jong Un watched the […]

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