Taiwan's military has test-fired for the first time a new rocket system supplied by the United States in an apparent attempt to keep China in check.

The military conducted the live-fire drill of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, at its base in the southern county of Pingtung on Monday with media present.

JAKARTA, May 12 (Xinhua)

At least 13 people were killed when the Indonesian army destroyed expired ammunition in West Java province on Monday, a military officer said.

The incident occurred at 09:30 a.m. Jakarta time in Sagara village, Garut Regency. The victims included four soldiers and nine residents, said Brigadier General Wahyu Yudhayana, spokesperson for the Indonesian Army.

"Four personnel of the Indonesian Army and nine members of the community were killed," he told a press conference.

LONDON, May 12 (Xinhua) 

Police were investigating the cause of a fire that broke out at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's home in north London in the early hours of Monday morning.

The fire was reported shortly after 1:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) on Monday. The door to the property was damaged, but nobody was hurt, according to the police.

Though the fire was put out within half an hour, cordons remain in place as an investigation is underway. Starmer's property, which is currently being rented, has repeatedly been targeted by protesters, according to local media.

More than 150 countries and over 20 international organizations have been invited to the 13th international meeting of high representatives in charge of security issues, which will be held in Moscow from May 27-29 under the chairmanship of Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, the council said. 

Bogale May 12
Local merchants and fishery entrepreneurs from Bogale Township of Ayeyawady Region sent a large volume of shrimps to Yangon market in April, said Daw Aye Aye Moe, the marine product trader in Bogale Township.
In Bogale Township, the seafood trading businesses are actively purchasing prawns produced locally, processing them hygienically and systematically, and exporting them to the Yangon market.

RUSSIA offers Ukraine to resume direct talks on 15 May in Istanbul, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
President Vladimir Putin is delivering a key statement, concluding four days of high-level talks with world leaders gathered in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat.

A festival of pouring water on banyan trees dedicated to sacred Bo trees in commemoration of the Buddha Day which falls on the full moon of Kason 1387 Myanmar Era was held at the Maha Bodhi banyan tree in the precinct of Maravijaya Buddha Park in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory yesterday afternoon.
Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla watered the Maha Bodhi banyan tree.

The Myanmar high-level delegation led by Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing paid a goodwill visit to the Russian Federation from 7 May at the invitation of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and attended the military parade to mark the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 and related events.

Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, currently in the Russian Federation along with his husband Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Daw Nilar, wife of the SAC Joint Secretary, the wife of the Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air), Vice-President of the Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation Daw Khin May Soe, the wife of the Myanmar Ambassador to the Russian Federation and officials, visited the Myanmar Theravada Buddhist Vihara Centre in Moscow yesterday morning.

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing who attended the military parade to mark the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 of the Russian Federation held a meeting with President of the People’s Republic of China Mr Xi Jinping at the Beijing Hall of Soluex Hotel Moscow yesterday evening.