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-- 2021-03-20 18:59:14
Saudi Arabia has prohibited its men from marrying women from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Chad and Myanmar. According to unofficial figures, there are about 500,000 women from these four countries currently...
AP 2021-03-20 17:28:45
The people of Myanmar have huge expectations from the United Nations and the international community following the February 1 coup, with many calling for sanctions and some urging the UN to send peace...
-- 2021-03-20 17:04:32
An earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Saturday, hitting areas devastated by the 2011 disaster and generating a tsunami of 1 metre, public broadcaster NHK said. The quake hit the coast of Miyagi...
-- 2021-03-20 16:03:04
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s health minister said on Saturday, two days after the premier got his vaccination. Khan is “self isolatin...
-- 2021-03-20 11:22:25
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation condemning the military coup in Myanmar, as lawmakers decried increasingly harsh tactics used to suppress demonstrations since t...
-- 2021-03-20 11:19:14
The Afghan government and the Taliban agreed on Friday to try to accelerate peace talks, at a meeting in Moscow that followed an international conference there on the peace process, a senior Afghan of...
-- 2021-03-20 11:14:02
More than 1,000 people fleeing violence in Myanmar have crossed into neighbouring India’s Mizoram state since late February, an Indian lawmaker told Reuters on Friday. With that number likely t...
Reuters 2021-03-20 11:03:34
Opponents of Myanmar’s coup protested again on Saturday as international pressure on the military junta to halt its repression of pro-democracy supporters increased, with Asian neighbours joinin...
-- 2021-03-19 21:07:00
Some unidentified men have detained a journalist of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Aung Thura, while performing duties outside a court in the capital in Myanmar amid protests against military...
-- 2021-03-19 16:40:05
North Korea has said it was cutting diplomatic ties with Malaysia to protest a court ruling that allowed a North Korean to be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges. North K...
-- 2021-03-19 16:16:09
Singapore's anti-narcotics agency has made its biggest seizure of cannabis in 14 years after conducting a series of raids this week in the city-state, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws...
-- 2021-03-19 15:22:21
Myanmar security forces shot dead eight opponents of a Feb. 1 coup on Friday, a funeral services provider said, as Indonesia sought an end to the violence and urged that democracy be restored, in an u...
Reuters 2021-03-19 14:12:10
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit a remote part of Tibet on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The China Earthquake Administration said the quake had a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi...
Reuters 2021-03-19 11:02:03
Ousted Myanmar lawmakers are exploring whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) can investigate any crimes against humanity committed since the February 1 coup, as an activist group said three m...
Reuters 2021-03-19 08:20:01
North Korea said it would sever diplomatic relations with Malaysia after a court there ruled that a North Korean man could be extradited to the United States to face money-laundering charges, state me...
-- 2021-03-18 14:24:24
New coronavirus infections in India rose by the most in more than three months as a second wave of the epidemic gathered momentum, with Maharashtra, the country’s richest state, accounting for t...
Reuters 2021-03-18 11:04:54
Myanmar faced growing isolation on Thursday with increasingly limited internet services and its last private newspaper ceasing publication as the military built its case against ousted elected leader...
-- 2021-03-18 10:50:36
Three people were killed and 11 wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Thursday, officials said. Kabul’s police spokesman confirmed the casualty...
Reuters 2021-03-17 17:12:19
Sri Lanka said on Tuesday a call to ban the wearing of the burqa was "merely a proposal", following criticism from regional allies ahead of a crucial United Nations vote on human rights in the island...
Reuters 2021-03-17 11:15:49
India’s daily coronavirus infections jumped by 28,903 on Wednesday, data from the health ministry showed, for the highest increase since December 13 and taking the nationwide tally to 11.44 mill...
-- 2021-03-16 17:55:29
The sister of North Korean leader, Kim Yo Jong, criticised ongoing military drills in South Korea and warned the new US administration that the smell of cordite wafting over the border would not help...
-- 2021-03-16 17:09:52
More than 400 people from Myanmar, many of them policemen, have crossed into neighbouring India since late February, an Indian police officer said on Monday, as Myanmar security forces seek to crush p...
Reuters 2021-03-16 13:28:18
Australia on Tuesday said it has no plans to halt the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, even though several European countries paused administering the vaccine after reports of possible serious...
Reuters 2021-03-16 10:58:17
Iran released images and film footage on Monday of what it said was a new Revolutionary Guards base armed with cruise and ballistic missiles and “electronic warfare” equipment. A report o...
-- 2021-03-16 10:34:34
Myanmar security forces shot dead at least 20 pro-democracy protesters on Monday, an activist group said, and the military junta imposed martial law in parts of the main city Yangon, giving commanders...
-- 2021-03-15 19:34:53
China has urged authorities in Myanmar to ensure protection for Chinese properties and employees in Myanmar following attacks on Chinese-run factories in Yangon. A spokesperson for the Chinese foreig...
-- 2021-03-15 16:28:09
Saudi Arabia has allowed foreign workers living in the country to switch jobs without their employers’ permission as the long-awaited labour reforms in the Gulf region’s most populous coun...
-- 2021-03-15 16:05:57
Taiwan's de facto embassy in Myanmar has advised Taiwanese companies operating in the country to fly the island's flag and hang signs stating they are from Taiwan to avoid being confused with China, a...
-- 2021-03-15 10:35:23
Security forces killed at least 22 anti-coup protesters in the poor, industrial Hlaingthaya suburb of Myanmar’s main city on Sunday after Chinese-financed factories were set ablaze there, an adv...
-- 2021-03-14 21:18:03
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has told the BBC that a clash between the US and China is more likely than it was five years ago. However, he maintained that the odds of military conflict...
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