Win Zaw is among five of a Myanmar family who fan out on motorcycles most nights from their small village in the rice-growing Irrawaddy delta to queue at fuel depots that might yield a few jerry cans of diesel for his tractor. “Some even sleep there overnight,” said the farmer, adding
Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom evacuated a further 163 of its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Wednesday, the state-run RIA news agency reported. It cited Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev as saying about 300 of the company's staff remained at Bushehr, but mo
The BBC named former Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab executive Matt Brittin as its new director general on Wednesday, replacing Tim Davie who quit last year after a misleading edit of a speech by US President Donald Trump. The BBC is facing a $10 billion lawsuit from Trump, who accuses the publicl
Pakistan has delivered a proposal from the United States to Iran, and either Pakistan or Turkey could be venues for discussions to de-escalate the war in the Gulf, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday. The comments, on condition of anonymity, were among rare signs that Tehran might
Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is reportedly lobbying US President Donald Trump to prolong the ongoing military offensive against Iran, describing the conflict as a "historic opportunity" to fundamentally alter the Middle Eastern landscape. According to a r
