Thailand calls for an end to violence in Myanmar as clashes fuel tensions along the Thai-Myanmar border.Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Tanee Sangrat said Thailand hoped all parties involved will hold talks and settle their differences as s…
Nearly 50 politicians and prodemocracy activists — including the head of Magway region and members of the deposed National League for Democracy (NLD) — have been sentenced to long-term imprisonment by the junta’s secret military tribunals in Myanmar ov…
More than five dozen civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced due to clashes between Myanmar’s military and anti-junta forces in four of the country’s remote border regions in December alone, according to local militias and an officia…
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has announced the official rate of foreign currencies on December 30, Trend reports referring to CBI.According to the currency exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iran, 21 currencies have increased and 15 have decreased …
A group of 120 Rohingya Muslims disembarked from a boat that had drifted for days off Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh and was towed by a navy ship into port, officials said Friday.The refugees’ wooden boat was reportedly leaking and had a dam…
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTSIn the southeast, continuation of intensified fighting, including heavy artillery shelling and airstrikes between security forces (Tatmadaw/Border Guard Forces – BGF) and alliance group of Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), Karen N…
South Africa has lifted a midnight-to-4 a.m. curfew on people’s movement, effective immediately, saying the country has passed the peak of its fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the omicron variant, a government statement said Thursday.However, wearing a f…
Record snowfalls in the western United States that closed roads and caused flight delays also brought some good news for drought-hit California on Thursday, with officials saying the state’s snowpack is now well above normal.After a string of mountain …
