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Canada sanctions Iran, Russia and Myanmar over ‘gross rights violations’-
By AFP OTTAWA: Canada announced Friday sanctions against 67 individuals and nine entities in several countries, including members of Iran’s ...

Myanmar military arrests 2 journalists working for outlets sympathetic to it-
By Associated Press BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military government, which has cracked down on independent media since seizing power last year, has ...

Myanmar junta to release UK ex-ambassador, Australian and Japanese prisoners-
By AFP YANGON: Myanmar’s military said Thursday it would release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese ...

UN chief urges Myanmar junta to get democracy ‘back on track’-
By AFP UN chief António Guterres has urged the Myanmar junta to immediately return to democracy, saying it was the ...

ASEAN leaders struggle for answers to Myanmar crisis-
By AFP PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Southeast Asian leaders on Friday demanded the Myanmar junta take action to implement a peace plan ...

Myanmar court finds ex-lawmaker guilty of terrorism, sentenced to 148 years in prison
A court in military-ruled Myanmar has found a former lawmaker from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party guilty of ...

UN troubled by Malaysia’s deportation of Myanmar people-
By AFP GENEVA: The United Nations said Tuesday it was “seriously concerned” by Malaysia’s continued deportation of asylum-seekers from Myanmar ...

Myanmar villagers say army beheaded high school teacher-
By PTI BANGKOK: The decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a school in ...