Dozens of people were reportedly killed in Myanmar over the weekend amid the increasingly lethal crackdown on anti-coup protests. Despite the actions of the police and military, the protests continued into Monday. Myanmar saw the bloodiest weekend since the beginning of the civil unrest that was triggered by the military seizing power on February 1. […]
BANGKOK (Sputnik) – At least 38 protesters were killed and around 80 others injured across Myanmar on Sunday as military forces cracked down on the unceasing anti-coup demonstrations, the global NGO Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, said. The largest demonstrations were held in Yangon, Mandalay, Bago and Hpakan, according to an Assistance Association for Political […]
The Philippines recorded almost 4,600 new COVID-19 cases – the highest single-day increase in nearly six months – while health authorities on Friday said they would not stop inoculating people with the AstraZeneca vaccine despite concerns in some European countries about the drug’s safety. Officials from the Philippine Department of Health and the Food and […]
TOKYO (Sputnik) – Observing a minute of silence, Japan on Thursday honoured the memory of those who perished in the 2011 earthquake that was followed by a devastating tsunami and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The ceremony in Tokyo was attended by Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and relatives […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Myanmar’s military on Thursday charged Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption, alleging she illegally accepted gold bars and $600,000 (€501,500). It comes as the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar said that the military is “likely engaging in crimes against humanity.” A military spokesman told reporters […]
Myanmar security forces shot dead an anti-junta demonstrator in Mandalay on Friday, driving the death toll from violent crackdowns in Myanmar’s second-largest city up to 11, while the hasty exhumation of the body of protester killed earlier in the week added to anger at military authorities. The death came as more police quit their jobs […]
An eight-year-old boy’s body was cut out from the stomach of a crocodile in Indonesia a day after he was swallowed. Dimas Mulkan Saputra was fishing with his father when the crocodile dragged the child away, according to the Daily Mail. The father caught up with the crocodile by swimming and hit him in an […]
At least 26 protesters were killed by police and military forces across Myanmar on Wednesday, witnesses said, on the second bloodiest day in more than a month after a military coup deposed the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. At least 13 people died in Yangon’s North Okkalapa township, six people in Monywa, and […]
