Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war
Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state, young Rohingya men ...
David Lammy calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi
The Foreign Secretary said Britain had ‘not forgotten’ those ‘arbitrarily detained’ by the military regime which leads ...
Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim
A Malaysian court has fined a Singaporean influencer for falsely claiming that she was nearly kidnapped at a mall near the ...
In pictures: Welcoming the Lunar New Year
Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with the first new moon of the ...
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A Chinese actor was abducted from Thailand. His swift return has sparked hopes – and fears – back home
Instead, he was picked up at the airport and driven to a scam center in Myanmar’s Myawaddy, a notorious cyber-fraud hub across the border from Thailand. Wang is among hundreds of thousands of ...
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14 Incredible Facts about Pompeii, the Roman City Frozen in Time
Below are 14 facts about Pompeii. Pompeii is situated about 14 miles southeast of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy. The settlement was built on fertile lava terraces at the bottom ...
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‘Scam City is growing’: how Myanmar’s cyber fraud hubs outfox efforts to shut them down
Scam factories threaded along the Myanmar border with Thailand have been thrust back under the spotlight after the rescue of a Chinese actor who says he was duped by a fake casting call into ...
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6,000-plus held captive in Myanmar’s human trafficking networks, says international report
Chinese transnational criminal syndicates reportedly exploit this area with support from local armed groups, including Myanmar’s Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), previously known as the ...
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Airstrike on village in western Myanmar kills at least 40 people, groups say
An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity ...
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Alleged Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash ...
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Myanmar junta bombs Rohingya Muslim village killing 41, rescuers say
The Myanmar air force has bombed a fishing village in Rakhine state killing 41 civilians and wounding 52, most of them Rohingya Muslims, residents involved in rescue work said on Thursday, in an ...
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21 Interesting Facts About Madrid
Spain’s dazzling capital is filled with intriguing stories and hidden secrets. These interesting facts about Madrid will definitely surprise you! Madrid is a wonderful, and often overlooked city.