BENGALURU, India: Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several new clean energy initiatives in the government’s annual federal budget speech on Wednesday (Feb 1), saying “green growth” is a top priority for the country. More than US$8 billion dollars were announced for projects like mangrove…

“PERFECT STORM” Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was like much of the region severely affected by a wave of horrific violence carried out by the Pakistani Taliban after they emerged in 2007. Years of attacks on schools, civilians and places of worship, finally…

Indonesia, now the world’s third-largest democracy, was ruled by military leader Suharto for more than three decades before he stepped down amid mass protests and an economic crisis in 1998. The military took over in Myanmar in 1962, isolating the country and suppressing dissent for…

According to a report by the New Straits Times (NST) on Wednesday (Feb 1), at least seven candidates will be contesting for the three vice-president spots.  They include the party’s Supreme Council members Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Ms Azalina Othman Said as well as Mr…

NEW YORK: Myanmar’s military regime has no legal authority, and its plans to seek legitimacy by having a national election is likely “a sham”, said the country’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Kyaw Moe Tun.  A junta-imposed state of emergency has been extended by…

GENEVA: Several Indonesian residents have submitted a legal complaint to a Swiss court against the world’s top cement-maker Holcim, which they claim is doing “too little” to cut carbon emissions, a statement by civil society groups backing the complainants showed on Tuesday (Feb 1). A…