Four Philippine FA-50 fighter jets and 162 personnel are taking part in the Pitch Black war games over Australia’s largely unpopulated Northern Territory, involving 20 countries and 140 aircraft. The Philippines Air Force arrived in northern Australia on Wednesday on its first overseas deployment in six decades for combat practice alongside US and Australian fighter […]
Read MoreThe Rohingya Genocide, Accountability and Protection Act (GAP) is being passed in the Senate, the upper house of the United States legislature. The Act is being passed to provide protection, support, humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and internally displaced people as well as create a way out of Rohingya genocide and crimes against humanity. Citing […]
Read MoreAt least nine people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rains in Vietnam. Six more people were injured in this incident. They have been admitted to a nearby hospital. Besides, search operation is going on to rescue the missing persons. A van was buried under the ground during a landslide while passing through […]
Read MoreThe former Prime Minister of Malaysia called on the international community to help the Rohingya refugees. Mahathir Mohamad. He said that Malaysia has sheltered many Rohingya refugees. Rohingya refugees should be resettled in other countries to alleviate their plight. Dr. Mahathir said in a Facebook post that although Myanmar was ruled by the Burmese people, […]
Read MoreThe death toll from a landslide at an illegal gold mine in Indonesia has risen to 27. At least 15 people are still missing in this incident. The landslide occurred in a remote village in Bone Balango district on the country’s island of Sulawesi due to heavy rainfall a week ago. Rescue officials in the […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s armed rebel group Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has taken control of the key town of Naungcho in Shan State. The city was captured by the TNLA last Wednesday, completely eliminating the military personnel. One of the group’s top leaders and head of the fighting force, General Tar Von Kyaw, confirmed the information to […]
Read MoreA 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines in Southeast Asia. The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that the earthquake hit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on Thursday. The agency said the quake’s depth was 630 kilometers (391.46 miles) from the surface. The Philippine Seismology Agency said in a statement that no damage […]
Read MoreAt least 11 members of the same family were killed when a passenger bus collided with a truck in the Philippines. Apart from this, at least 3 people were seriously injured. The bus collided with a truck on a southbound highway in the country’s northern Cagayan province early on Thursday (July 11). The bus dragged […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia is reviewing rules in a government programme to subsidise micro loans, a senior minister said on Thursday, after the country’s banking regulator signalled it would turn down the government’s request to relax rules on loan restructuring. President Joko Widodo last month proposed reinstating until 2025 a COVID-era loan restructuring policy, which allowed banks […]
Read MoreBeijing has been regularly inviting Myanmar’s junta-appointed ministers to China on various official visits. But it was a late June visit by ex-president Thein Sein that sparked international headlines. And just over a week later, the Myanmar military leadership’s No 2 man Soe Win made an official trip to attend a forum in Qingdao in […]
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