At last month’s UN General Assembly, U Kyaw Tint Swe, Myanmar’s minister for the office of State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, hit out at Bangladesh, blaming the stalled repatriation of Rohingya Mus
In late June, Thai officials intercepted a shipment of weapons in the town of Mae Sot across the border from Myawaddy in Myanmar’s Karen State. They seized a large cache of brand-new Chinese-made weap
AFP A Bangladeshi model has been arrested for allegedly threatening the country’s diplomatic ties, police said Sunday, with her father linking the case to the former Saudi ambassador. Meghna Alam is b
BANGKOK, 22 June 2015 – Deputy Defence Minister Gen Udomdej Sitabutr, also Commander-in-chief of the Thai Army, reiterated in the “Thailand Moves Forward” TV program that the government intends to sup
Insight Myanmar “There is no way to tell the story of Myanmar and where it’s headed if you are leaving out the Wa,” insists Patrick Winn, a reporter with two decades experience in Southeast Asia and a
NARATHIWAT, 22 June 2015 – Narathiwat, one of Thailand’s border provinces on the list of areas requiring close surveillance against MERS outbreak, has not found any person infected with the deadly vir
TOPSHOT – (L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National
BRUSSELS -- Despite Iranian missiles and drones raining down on neighboring states, Uber driver Yousef says he won't be fleeing the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh for his home in India. Iran tensions
AFP Foreign residents living in Saudi Arabia told AFP that restrictions on the sale of alcohol have been further relaxed, just days after non-diplomats were first able to buy booze in the conservative
Today is Saturday, April 9, the 100th day of 2016. There are 266 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 641 – An army commanded by Amr Ibn al-As conquers Egypt by seizing the Babyl
AFP Top US and Russian diplomats will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting the countries’ fractured relations and possibly paving the way to ending the Ukraine war. Kyiv said it was
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TEHRAN—Rescue teams in northwest Iran early Monday located the missing helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi but no signs of life had been detected so far, state TV reported. Fears had been grow
BANGKOK, 16 June 2015 – The Department of Disease Control has invited agencies in the tourism sector to discuss the prevention of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and has is