(MENAFN) After months of intense fighting, insurgents took control of the town of Kyaukme, a critical location on the major trade route linking Myanmar to China. Situated along Asian Highway 14, famously known as the Burma Road during World War...
(MENAFN) Iran has ratified a law joining the UN International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), local media reported Wednesday, aiming to improve access to global banking, ease trade, and alleviate pressure on its...
(MENAFN) The Myanmar military claims to have captured one of Southeast Asia’s most notorious online scam compounds, KK Park, located near the Thai border town of Myawaddy. The complex, long associated with large-scale cyber fraud, money...
(MENAFN) The United Nations has strongly condemned a military airstrike in Myanmar that killed at least 32 people during a festival, according to reports. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed that he was “alarmed” by accounts of the...
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued a stark warning that elections conducted under the authority of Myanmar’s military regime will likely intensify the country’s ongoing turmoil. He emphasized that...
(MENAFN) A deadly aerial attack on a Buddhist festival and protest in central Myanmar has killed at least 24 people and injured 47 others, according to statements from the exiled National Unity Government. The assault took place in Chaung U...
(MENAFN) At least 32 people lost their lives and more than 50 were wounded when Myanmar’s military junta bombed a Buddhist festival in the country’s northwestern region, according to a local news outlet on Tuesday. The assault, which occurred on...
(MENAFN) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, cautioned on Tuesday that upcoming elections in Myanmar under military rule are likely to escalate violence, particularly as the situation for the Rohingya and other...
(MENAFN) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on the international community on Tuesday to increase assistance for Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups from Myanmar, warning that gaps in funding are placing lives at...
(MENAFN) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Tuesday appealed to the global community to intensify its assistance for the Rohingya Muslim population and other minority groups originating from Myanmar. He cautioned...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to virtually attend the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit on Sunday. The Prime Minister was invited to the Summit by Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia, for the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur. Timor-Leste was...
According to an interpreter from Laos, the group fled KK Park on the morning of October 22 after BGF soldiers warned that the area was no longer safe. They spent nights sleeping in a cornfield and at a military base before paying 1,000 baht each...
The Election Commission will hold a press conference on Monday evening to announce a pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list, officials said. While complete details are still awaited, the poll authority is expected to unveil...
The Election Commission will hold a press conference on Monday evening to announce a pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list, officials said. While complete details are still awaited, the poll authority is expected to unveil...
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the "main pillar of India's Act East Policy" while extending a warm welcome to Timor-Leste which was...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the "main pillar of India's Act East Policy" while extending a warm welcome to Timor-Leste which was formally inducted as the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared the year 2026 as ‘Year of ASEAN-India Maritime Cooperation’. While virtually addressing the 22nd ASEAN Summit 2025 being held in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, PM Modi noted that the cooperation between...
Originally published on IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and more than 300 global union federations, trade unions, civil society, and human rights organisations from South East Asia and around the world on October 24 called on...
Others SciTech Amid the massive crackdown on cybercriminals in Myanmar, India needs to remain vigilant about numerous cyber scam centres in China-Myanmar border areas that target its citizens, according to a report. The scam hubs in Kayin State,...
New Delhi, October 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to virtually attend the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit on Sunday. The Prime Minister was invited to the Summit by Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia, for the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala...
