Service provider Telenor Myanmar confirmed that mobile operators and internet service providers had received a directive to block Facebook
04 Feb 2021 12:30 PM
The crisis in Myanmar is one of the first major tests of Biden’s pledge to collaborate more with allies on international challenges
02 Feb 2021 12:24 PM
In the capital, internet and phone access appeared to be blocked and barbed wire road blocks were set up across Yangon
01 Feb 2021 4:57 PM
It justified the coup by alleging 'huge irregularities' in the November polls that the election commission had failed to address
01 Feb 2021 11:24 AM
Some are leaving because they fear punishment for supporting the pro-democracy protests that swept the former British colony in 2019
01 Feb 2021 10:33 AM
The highly politicised mission had been beset by delays, with China refusing access until mid-January
30 Jan 2021 12:07 PM
Rescuers were searching for more than a dozen patients and staff trapped beneath the rubble of the levelled Mamuju hospital
15 Jan 2021 11:00 AM
Japan was working with other nations, the WHO and other medical experts to analyze the new version of the virus
11 Jan 2021 11:37 AM
Authorities and the airline gave no immediate indication as to why the plane suddenly went down
09 Jan 2021 8:44 PM
The US had welcomed Lakhvi's arrest last week but said Pakistan should try him for the Mumbai attacks also
09 Jan 2021 4:11 AM
The nation has been held up as a model of how to combat the virus, but Friday saw a record 1,241 new infections
25 Dec 2020 1:11 PM
Takeda inked a deal with the Japanese government and US firm Moderna Therapeutics to import and distribute 50 million doses of its vaccine
20 Dec 2020 12:32 PM
Clashes broke out in late September between Azerbaijan and Armenia-backed separatists over control of Karabakh
08 Nov 2020 5:00 PM
Outside Kabul University Tuesday a small group of demonstrators gathered demanding a cease-fire
03 Nov 2020 3:52 PM
Wednesday marked the eighth straight day of demonstrations by a movement that was launched in March
22 Oct 2020 2:27 PM
In Tokyo alone there are 10 other underground reservoirs and three flood tunnels, and more flood-protection structures are being built
12 Oct 2020 12:03 PM
China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly denounced Taipei for offering support to Hong Kong’s protests
12 Oct 2020 10:51 AM
Daily infections have fallen largely into the double-digit range in the past two weeks
11 Oct 2020 5:19 PM
Both sides accused one another of breaking the ceasefire almost immediately on Saturday
11 Oct 2020 5:10 PM
The parade featured North Korea’s ballistic missiles for the first time since Kim began meeting with international leaders, including Trump
11 Oct 2020 1:16 PM