by admin | May 16, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By AFP BU MA: The death toll in cyclone-hit villages of Myanmar’s Rakhine state rose to at least 41 on Tuesday, local leaders told AFP. Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, Mocha made landfall on Sunday, downing power pylons and...
by admin | Apr 12, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] BANGKOK: Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on Tuesday killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of a local pro-democracy group and independent media. The...
by admin | Apr 11, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By AFP BANGKOK: Dozens of people in coup-hit Myanmar’s central region were killed in air strikes Tuesday, according to local media reports and a witness contacted by AFP. The country has been in chaos and its economy in tatters since the military seized...
by admin | Dec 30, 2022 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By AFP YANGON: Myanmar’s junta has thrown the book at Aung San Suu Kyi since it ousted her government last year, charging the democracy figurehead with a clutch of offences from illegally possessing walkie talkies to corruption. She has been found guilty...
by admin | Dec 30, 2022 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By AFP YANGON: A Myanmar junta court is expected to give its verdicts on the final charges against jailed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, closing the military’s latest battle with the democracy figurehead. Suu Kyi has been a prisoner since the...
