Myanmar coup: Generals celebrated amid global fury over massacre
The killing of at least 100 anti-coup protesters in Myanmar has drawn global outrage, with defence ministers of 12 nations condemning the military.
The US accused the security forces of a "reign of terror" on Saturday, the deadliest day since last month's coup.
Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing and his generals still threw a lavish party that night for Armed Forces Day.
On Sunday, funerals were held, with some reports the military had tried to intervene in the mourning.
Saudi Arabia has spent at least $1.5bn on 'sportswashing', report reveals
Exclusive: analysis finds nation has spent big on high-profile global sporting events in a bid to bolster its reputation
Saudi Arabia has spent at least $1.5bn on high-profile international sporting events in a bid to bolster its reputation, a new report reveals.
The oil-rich nation has invested millions across the sporting world, the report by the human rights organisation Grant Liberty says, from chess championships to golf, tennis and $60m alone on the Saudi Cup, the world’s richest horse-racing event with prize money of $20m.
The report, published next week, also details the Kingdom’s $650m ten-year deal with Formula One, whose world championships begin this Sunday and for the first time will include a race in the port city of Jeddah.
British ex-pats leaving Spain to avoid illegal immigrant status after Brexit
Brits now can only stay without a permit in most EU countries for 90 days out of every 180 days
A sunny life in Spain has been turned on its head for many British nationals, who must return to the UK due to new post-Brexit regulations.
Those who do not want to apply for Spanish resident status must return home to Britain, as EU freedom of movement laws no longer apply.
If a Brit wishes to forego legal registration, or is rejected, they must leave Spain by 31 March or they will be deemed an illegal immigrant, with the potential risk of deportation.
Three Teenage Refugees on Trial in Malta"How Are We Supposed to Be Terrorists?"
Three teenagers stand accused of hijacking a merchant vessel to get to Malta. They face stiff sentences – even though the case against them still hasn't been proven. The young men, it seems, have been caught up in a story that is bigger than their own.
It’s a Sunday in late February, almost two years after they took their first steps on European soil in the port of Valletta. They were immediately led away back then, barefoot – three teenagers in handcuffs. They had no idea what they were accused of. They were now suspected terrorists.
On this afternoon, they meet again, sitting in the kitchen of a shared flat in Malta to read letters together. Lamin (*), who is reading, a 17-year-old from Guinea who dreams of Canada and professional football.
Kader, 18, who is also reading, is a young man from the Ivory Coast who collects sneakers and is a fan of Manchester United.
Tugs, dredgers continue work to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal
Egypt’s president orders preparations for the possible removal of some of the ship’s cargo as teams struggle to free it.
Suez Canal salvage teams were alternating between dredging and tugging on Sunday to dislodge a massive container ship blocking the busy waterway, while two sources said efforts had been complicated by rock under the ship’s bow.
Dredgers working to dislodge the stranded vessel have so far shifted 27,000 cubic metres of sand, to a depth of 18 metres, and efforts would continue around the clock according to wind conditions and tides, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement.
China could step up armament, provocations near Senkakus, think tank warns
China's coast guard could step up armament and provocations around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea following the enforcement of a controversial Chinese law, a Japanese Defense Ministry think tank warns.
The National Institute for Defense Studies said in an annual report that military competition between the United States and China in the Western Pacific is likely to further increase under a "new Cold War" between the two powers.
The institute published the report after Beijing on Feb. 1 enforced a law that allows the China Coast Guard to use weapons against foreign ships the country sees as illegally entering its waters, in what critics say is an attempt to seize the Senkakus, which China claims and calls Diaoyu.
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