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Wounded Myanmar refugees tell of air strike horror

by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Dene-Hern Chen Agence France Presse MAE SUAT, Thailand (AFP) -- Civilians wounded in Myanmar air strikes…

Myanmar crackdown death toll passes 500

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- The death toll in the Myanmar military's crackdown on protesters has passed 500, as armed rebel…

Indonesia cathedral rocked by suicide bombing

  by Andi Hajramurni Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- An Indonesian cathedral was rocked by a suicide bombing…

Scores dead as Myanmar junta puts on show of force

  NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's security forces killed at least 91 people Saturday in the bloodiest day since the…

Thailand faces meth trafficking surge after Myanmar coup

  by Lisa MARTIN Agence France Presse NONG KAI, Thailand (AFP) -- A village watchman trains his binoculars on a…

Firebomb attack at Suu Kyi’s party headquarters in Myanmar

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- A fire from a hurled Molotov cocktail broke out early Friday at the party headquarters…

Myanmar junta frees 600 detainees including AP photographer

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar freed more than 600 coup detainees on Wednesday, including an Associated Press photographer arrested…

Philippines spots hundreds of Chinese ‘militia’ boats near disputed reef

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- More than 200 Chinese fishing vessels believed to be crewed by militia have been spotted…

BBC journalist ‘missing’ as junta crackdown triggers Yangon exodus

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- A Burmese journalist with the BBC's Myanmar language news service went "missing" on Friday, as…

Covid-hit Papua New Guinea calls for 1 million emergency AstraZeneca doses

by Taylor Thompson-Fuller in Sydney and Holly Robertson in Brisbane Agence France Presse PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) --…

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