Already grappling with a deadly third wave of COVID-19 infections in a health crisis made worse by chaos from the military coup, southern Myanmar was inundated by severe flooding over the weekend that hampered the…
Myanmar’s junta has annulled the results of the country’s 2020 election, which saw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party win in a landslide, drawing condemnation from political parties who condemned the…
Myanmar security forces have killed more than 100 teenagers in protest violence following the Feb. 1 military coup that overthrew the country’s democratically elected civilian government, sources in the country say. Some were killed in…
Vietnam has rescinded a recent endorsement of 12 traditional medicines as effective treatment against COVID-19 after promotion of the herbal remedies by the country’s health ministry caused an outcry among experts. Nguyen Truong Son, the…
Hong Kong celebrated its first gold Olympic gold medal in a quarter of a century on Monday, amid a political row over a black shirt worn by another Olympian. Edgar Cheung, 24, took gold in…
A Beijing-appointed Tibetan Buddhist leader sent by China to attend a conference in Sichuan this month was ignored by ordinary Tibetans who had been told by authorities to turn out to greet him, with only…
Manila’s 2016 victory against Beijing in an arbitration case over the South China Sea was final but the Philippines has not shut the door on diplomacy to settle territorial disputes, President Rodrigo Duterte said in…
Foreign journalists covering disastrous flooding following record rainfall in the central Chinese province of Henan have been intercepted by unidentified people who recorded them and angrily protested that they were 'smearing' China, they reported via…
