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Telecom exec linked to Myanmar junta gunned down
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
The finance chief of Mytel, one of the country's four main carriers and owned by the military, was gunned down outside his home in Yangon. Myanmar has been in t...
US journalist detained in Myanmar hit with third charge: lawyer
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
Danny Fenster, managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was held in May as he attempted to leave the country. He is currently on trial for allegedly encouraging dis...
Two Mapuche die in clashes with Chilean security forces
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
The fighting happened in Arauco province in the south, an area that has been under a state of emergency since last month amid escalating violence. The incident ...
Hong Kong activist presents 'Freedom' book in UK
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
Law, 29, was one of the most prominent figures in the Umbrella Movement pro-democracy protests in the former British colony in 2014. He was elected as the young...
Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi nears closing arguments: source
Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Suu Kyi's government in a February coup, sparking huge protests which met a bloody crackdown. Suu Kyi, 76,...
Japan opposition leader resigns after dismal election results
Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)
Yukio Edano -- who has headed Japan's leading opposition faction, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, since its founding in 2017 -- apologised for the...
Demos mar Italian homage to Bolsonaro
Nov 01, 2021 (AFP)
The right-wing Brazilian leader skipped climate talks in Glasgow to receive the accolade in the northeastern town of Anguillara Veneta, following his showing at...
Biden, Indonesia's Widodo tell Myanmar junta to release prisoners
Nov 01, 2021 (AFP)
Meeting on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Biden and Widodo also highlighted "freedom of the seas" in the Indo-Pacific region, the White H...
Myanmar's junta accuses anti-coup fighters of Chin state razing; Suu Kyi aide jailed for treason
Oct 30, 2021 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since a February coup, with more than 1,200 people killed as the military cracks down on nationwide dissent, accor...
Philippines postpones self-rule vote in restive Muslim region
Oct 29, 2021 (AFP)
The vote was a key provision in a 2014 peace agreement aimed at ending a conflict estimated to have claimed 150,000 lives and was due to take place next May in ...
South Africa to deploy 10,000 troops to secure vote
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
The military will help the police to ensure "a safe and secure environment" for Monday's polling to elect municipal councillors and mayors, National Assembly sa...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi testifies for first time in junta court
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the February 1 coup, with nationwide protests and more than 1,100 people killed by security forces, according to a local monit...
Monk's reappearance brings solace in coup-hit Myanmar
Oct 25, 2021 (AFP)
Now each morning, crowds of pilgrims line his path, hoping for a glimpse of the monk who has become an unwitting embodiment of hope and solace for thousands in ...
Myanmar threatens to skip ASEAN summit over junta chief's exclusion
Oct 25, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the generals ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February coup, triggering nationwide protests and a violent crackdow...
Myanmar junta re-arrests more than 100 released in amnesty
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since the February coup, with more than 1,100 killed in a crackdown on dissent and over 8,000 arrested, according t...
Myanmar junta-aligned party calls for dialogue with coup dissidents
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since the February coup, with more than 1,100 killed as the security forces crack down on dissent, according to a l...
Democracy languishes 30 years after Cambodia peace deal
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
The Paris Peace Agreements, signed on October 23, 1991, brought an end to nearly two decades of savage slaughter that began with the Khmer Rouge's ascent to pow...
Ex-soldiers storm Guatemala Congress parking lot, torch cars
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
A crowd of hundreds of protesters, some armed with sticks, machetes and others throwing glass bottles, broke through a metal gate and forcibly entered a parking...
Relatives crowd prison after Myanmar junta protester amnesty
Oct 19, 2021 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since a coup in February, with more than 1,100 civilians killed in a bloody crackdown on dissent and more than 8,0...
Who will form Iraq's next government?
Oct 19, 2021 (AFP)
A final tally from the ballot, organised to appease youth-led anti-government protests that began in 2019, is expected in the next few weeks, but so far no bloc...
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