Activists and refugees are doubting that a pilot project to repatriate about 1,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar will be successful.The project, a result of negotiations between Myanmar’s military junta, Bangladesh and China, would bring…

Junta troops killed 21 locals, including three monks, in a raid on a monastery in Shan state’s Pinlaung township, according to the Karenni and Pa-O National Defense Forces.In a statement released Sunday, it said the Myanmar army carried out a dawn raid…

Eleven people were killed and 15 others injured, in traffic accidents on Myanmar’s Yangon-Mandalay highway, in Feb this year, the Nay Pyi Taw Expressway Traffic Police Force said, yesterday.The figure was up compared to that registered in Jan, when ei…

Wildlife traders say that the illegal trade of pangolins remains strong – including on the Internet – despite their listing as a critically endangered species by Laos and even though the government has ordered a crackdown on the trade of endangered wil…

Myanmar’s capital city Naypyidaw – seat of the junta leadership – has been rattled by explosions for three days in a row.On Tuesday, attackers threw a grenade at the home of Mya Nyein, residents of his densely populated Shwe Kyar Pin neighborhood told …

The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.”Various media publishers across the U.S. de…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 26. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced an official rate of foreign currencies on February 26, Trend reports referring to CBI.According to the currency exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iran, 21 currencies increased a…

Angela Bassett won entertainer of the year at Saturday’s NAACP Image Awards on a night that also saw her take home an acting trophy for the television series “9-1-1.”The Bassett-led Marvel superhero sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” won best moti…

A group of about 30 parents of Lao citizens trafficked to work in casinos in Myanmar are fed up with their government’s lack of progress in rescuing their children, so they are planning to travel to Vientiane to meet with high-ranking officials face to…

This week’s one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was marked by another U.N. General Assembly resolution that overwhelmingly condemned Moscow.But in Southeast Asia, there are signs that Moscow retains some influence and support, particul…