Yangon / AFP Eight civilians were killed on Sunday when fighting broke out in a northern Myanmar town on the border with China, a region long plagued by ethnic rebel insurgencies. The latest clashes are another blow to civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s hopes of forging a nationwide peace agreement after years of war in Myanmar’s many ethnic …

  Bloomberg Airbus Group SE said it’s evaluating the implications of a congressional vote that could block it and Boeing Co. from providing jets to Iran, though hasn’t given up on completing a $27 billion order announced in January. Airbus will wait to see how the US Senate and President Barack Obama respond to the House decision, Claude Brandes, its …

  DUBAI / Reuters The investigation into the Emirates jet crash landing at Dubai International on Aug. 3 will take two to three years to complete, the director general of the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said on Sunday. The crash was the first major accident in Emirates’ more-than-30-year history. All 300 passengers and crew safely evacuated …