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The "Blood Comrades" are back. The shadowy pro-junta militia sows terror by targeting opponents of Myanmar's military for death and leaves a chilling calling card by their victims with their logo - an image of a Burmese warrior holding two swords.

A senior Iranian commander says the country's Army is in possession of the world's top radar and missile systems, turning into a thorn in the eyes of the enemies.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani has said the United States dealt a devastating blow to the international rule of law by withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal some five years ago, adding that the opportunity to revive the deal is not always there.

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator says the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is possible if the US and the European signatories to the agreement have the will to reach that aim, warning that the opportunity will not last forever.

Students and teachers' rights activists across Iran joined forces to stage nationwide rallies on May 9 against what they call the deteriorating state of the educational system and the systematic suppression of students, teachers, and parents.

In yet another act of interference in Iran's domestic affairs, Washington has expressed support for those executed in Iran for committing blasphemous acts while accusing Tehran of violating human rights.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has slammed Iran for its "abominable record" on the death penalty and called on authorities to end capital punishment as the number of executions is "frightening."

China has expelled a Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move after Canada declared a Chinese envoy 'persona non grata' over allegations he was involved in efforts to intimidate a Canadian politician.

China has been accused by the Canadian government of trying to influence its politicians and elections.

Hong Kong police have seized a sculpture by a Danish artist commemorating the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre as evidence of "incitement to subvert state power," a charge under the national security law.

Lazy persons, drunkards, and "other persons with insufficient inner motivation" must be subjected to "repeated ... thought education" to ensure they take part in state-sponsored "poverty alleviation" campaigns to pick cotton in China's Xinjiang region, a previously unpublished internal government document ordered local cadres.

Brazil's Suzano SA, the world's biggest producer of hardwood pulp, may accept yuan for exports of its products to China, a further sign that the yuan's internationalization has gained momentum while the US dollar is losing its dominance in commodity markets, experts said.

China and Canada are engaged in a rare, high-profile diplomatic row as Beijing declared a consul of the Consulate General of Canada in Shanghai as "persona non grata" on Tuesday and asked the Canadian diplomat to leave China before May 13, a necessary and legitimate countermeasure in response to the unreasonable move by the Canadian side of hyping "China's interference" and expelling a Chinese

Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), sent a message of greeting to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on Tuesday.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh met with an Israeli delegation, led by Foreign Minister Mr Eli Cohen, in New Delhi on May 09, 2023.

The inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) successfully culminated in the South China Sea on 08 May 2023. Approximately 1400 personnel manning nine ships participated in the Sea Phase of the multilateral naval exercise. India's indigenously designed and built ships- destroyer INS Delhi & stealth frigate INS Satpura, maritime patrol aircraft P8I and integral helicopters exercised with ASEAN naval ships from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,

India and The European Union held their fourth Strategic Partnership Review Meeting on 08 May in New Delhi. The Indian side was led by Shri Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West) and the EU side was led by Helena König, Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues, European External Action Service

Following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken on May 8, 2023, North Macedonia's Prime Minister, Dimitar Kovachevski, and U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for the Global Engagement Center James P. Rubin signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining cooperation between the two NATO allies in the fight against the manipulation of information.

U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) will kick off exercise Formidable Shield 2023 from the High North and North Atlantic Ocean, May 8, 2023.

Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio attended the fifth edition of "Mission Possible," an information-sharing event held at the Battlefield Health and Trauma (BHT) Research Institute.