High Demand in India Intensifies Timber Smuggling From Myanmar
Timber worth a whopping $40 million is smuggled from Myanmar to India annually. This is a conservative estimate.
Day: March 17, 2026
The Iran War: Its Impact on ASEAN and Myanmar
A conversation with Michael Martin on the conflict, and how the region should deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Moment Israel’s Netanyahu orders assassination of Iran’s ‘stand-in leader’ who taunted Trump from the streets of Tehran
THIS is the moment Benjamin Netanyahu orders the assassination of Iran’s stand-in leader who taunted Donald Trump from the streets of Tehran. The Israeli prime minister was snapped on the phone as he greenlit deadly strikes on security chief Ali Larija…
Berlin-based Upvest, which builds trading APIs for neobanks and retail lenders, raised $90M in equity, sources say at a $735M valuation, up from ~$413M in 2024 (Arno Schütze/Bloomberg)
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Berlin-based Upvest, which builds trading APIs for neobanks and retail lenders, raised $90M in equity, sources say at a $735M valuation, up from ~$413M in 2024 — German fintech Upvest, which supplies b…
Iran renews attacks on US Gulf Allies, Trump says that was not expected
By R Anil Kumar Bengaluru, March 17, 2026. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting US allies in the region. Iran launch…
Iran renews attacks on US Gulf allies, Trump says that was not expected
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Another Tanker Is Attacked Near the Strait of Hormuz
The ship was struck near an Emirati port, in the first such attack in five days. The United Arab Emirates also said it was intercepting Iranian drones and missiles.
Another Tanker Is Attacked Near the Strait of Hormuz
The ship was struck near an Emirati port, in the first such attack in five days. The United Arab Emirates also said it was intercepting Iranian drones and missiles.
Hormuz Shutdown Affects Asia’s Crude Oil Supply, Pipelines Can’t Cover Loss
Around 20 million barrels of oil a fifth of the world’s seaborne crude ships through the Strait of Hormuz every day but that volume has been severely limited following US and Israel attacks on Iran, which has geographic control of the passage.
Israeli airstrike on Iran prison declared a war crime in new UN report
Tehran’s Evin prison was struck by Israel last June, leading to a UN investigation