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Unexploded grenade found near Myanmar ruling party office
Associated Press, Published on 24/07/2019
» YANGON: Police in Myanmar's biggest city said an unexploded grenade was discovered next to a township office of the ruling National League for Democracy party.
Myanmar's ruling party wins 6 of 13 by-election seats
Associated Press, Published on 05/11/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar's ruling party led by Aung San Suu Kyi has won at least six seats in by-elections to fill 13 of the 1,171 seats in national, regional and state parliaments, according to preliminary results released Monday.
Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the country after a Thai jailbreak last year and sent them to Turkey, their lawyer said on Thursday, in disregard of China's request to hand them to Beijing.
Myanmar parliament selects expected presidential choice
Associated Press, Published on 23/03/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar's parliament took a first step Friday in selecting a replacement for President Htin Kyaw, who retired this week with ill health, by filling the empty seat of one of the country's three vice presidents.
Boris Johnson meets Prayut
Associated Press, Published on 12/02/2018
» British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson met Monday with Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha and other Thai officials and discussed neighbouring Myanmar’s persecution of ethnic Rohingya Muslims and plans for elections in Thailand to end military rule.
Trump era encourages world's strongmen: rights group
Associated Press, Published on 18/01/2018
» PARIS: Human Rights Watch said Thursday that new intolerance in countries like the US is encouraging oppressive strongmen around the world.
Myanmar army's popularity surges amid Rohingya crackdown
Associated Press, Published on 17/01/2018
» Activist Nyo Tun spent 10 years as a political prisoner locked away by Myanmar's military in the notorious Insein prison, where he endured beatings and other cruelty for his efforts to bring democracy.
How the insurgency behind Myanmar attacks grew
Associated Press, Published on 01/09/2017
» Armed with machetes and rifles, a ragtag band of insurgents comprised of members of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority launched unprecedented attacks last week, triggering fighting with security forces that has left more than 100 people dead and forced at least 18,000 to flee into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Women descend on DC to push back against new president
Associated Press, Published on 21/01/2017
» WASHINGTON: Wearing pink, pointy-eared "pussyhats" to mock the new president, throngs of women descended on the nation's capital and other cities around the globe Saturday for marches and demonstrations aimed at showing Donald Trump they won't be silent over the next four years.
Myanmar's president to be selected Tuesday
Associated Press, Published on 14/03/2016
» NAY PYI TAW -- Myanmar's parliament votes Tuesday to pick the country's next president from a group of three final candidates, including a front runner who is a longtime confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.