ASIA TODAY Haniyeh’s funeral takes place in Tehran as UN warns of ‘dangerous escalation’

Today’s news: Malaysian prime minister attacks Facebook, which deleted a post of condolences to Hamas. Myanmar extends state of emergency for six months. Data breaches increase in India. Bangladesh government wants to ban Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. Military spending in Central Asia increases.

IRAN

It is celebrated in Tehran the funeral Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei presided over the prayers. Iran vowed revenge against Israel. The UN called an emergency meeting of the Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres alluded to the possibility of a “dangerous escalation.”

MALAYSIA

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim lashed out at Meta for delete a Facebook post of his about the assassination of Hamas leader Ismai HaniyehThe prime minister had released a video of his phone call to a Hamas official to offer condolences over Haniyeh’s death. Anwar and Haniyeh had met in Qatar in May and the prime minister had clarified at the time that he had no military ties to the organisation.

MYANMAR

The head of the Burmese military junta, General Min Aung Hlaing, yesterday extended the state of emergency for another six months. Meanwhile, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), one of the ethnic militias fighting against the coup junta, ordered its commanders to protect Chinese interests and citizens as they advanced towards northern Shan State.

INDIA

The average cost of the data breaches In India, the cost of business loss (downtime, loss of customers, reputational damage) is Rs 195 crore ($2.3 million), according to a report by IBM. This cost has increased by 30% worldwide since 2020. In India, the cost of business loss (downtime, loss of customers, reputational damage) has increased by 45% in the past year, with the industrial sector being the most affected.

BANGLADESH

The Bangladesh government announced plans to Ban the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and its youth wing, accused of being responsible for last month’s violence. The Jamaat, which has not been able to participate in elections since 2013 because it is not a secular party, called the decision “illegal and unconstitutional.” Meanwhile, some young people returned to go out on the street yesterday to protest against the violence used by the police against demonstrators.

RUSSIA – CHINA – USA

Russia and China are challenging the US’s right to exploit 1 million square kilometres of seabed, as it has not ratified the 1982 UN “Ocean Constitution” between the Bering Sea, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, it was stated during the debates of the UN session on seabed held in Kingston, Jamaica.

CENTRAL ASIA

As Radio Ozodlik reports, all Central Asian countries have significantly increased their military spending, following the lessons of Ukraine, Karabakh and Afghanistan. By 2023, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will invest more than $2 billion in defence, although not all of them publish official budgets, as do Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.