Tibetans fear for future as they recall failed uprising
The Dalai Lama says he has decades yet to live, but Tibetans who have followed him abroad are bracin ...View More
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မဇ္ဈိမကို လွတ်လပ်တဲ့ မီဒီယာအဖြစ်ရပ်တည်နိုင်ရေးအတွက် ... ...View More
Marcos addresses Australian parliament on China maritime disputes
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos speaks to Australia's parliament, saying that his country is o ...View More
Junta 'losing control on the ground', Myanmar's opposition foreign minister says • FRANCE 24
Zin Mar Aung, the foreign minister in Myanmar's opposition National Unity Government (NUG), spoke to ...View More
Myanmar’s military junta on the brink of collapse, says NUG spokesperson
မဇ္ဈိမကို လွတ်လပ်တဲ့ မီဒီယာအဖြစ်ရပ်တည်နိုင်ရေးအတွက် ... ...View More
Rare Hong Kong protest sounds alarm on new security law
Hong Kong activists stage a rare public protest against government plans for a new national security ...View More
'Taiwan must remain as it stands today', says US lawmaker during visit
The chairman of the US House of Representatives committee on China warns Beijing that any attempt to ...View More
Japanese mafia boss conspired to traffic nuclear materials, says US | BBC News
US prosecutors have charged an alleged member of the Japanese mafia with conspiring to traffic nucle ...View More
China says US veto in UN truce vote makes Gaza 'even more dangerous'
China warned Wednesday that a US decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an im ...View More
Boeing says will 'start to compete against' China's first homegrown passenger jet
Boeing said Wednesday it will "start to compete against" China's first domestically produced passeng ...View More
Beijing crushing Tibetans, exiled political leader says
As Tibetans prepare to mark 65 years since a failed uprising against Chinese rule and questions loom ...View More
NUG says parties must uphold democracy, not become junta informants
မဇ္ဈိမကို လွတ်လပ်တဲ့ မီဒီယာအဖြစ်ရပ်တည်နိုင်ရေးအတွက် ... ...View More
Australia expresses 'outrage' to China over writer's suspended death sentence
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government expressed "outrage" to China over a s ...View More
Australian government says writer Yang Jun given suspended death sentence in China
Australia's government says writer Yang Jun had been given a suspended death sentence in China, desc ...View More
Chile forest fires: At least 51 dead, say officials | BBC News
At least 51 people were killed by forest fires in Chile's Valparaíso region, local authorities have ...View More
Myanmar junta’s ‘days are numbered’ as rebel groups gain momentum, says observer
Observers believe pressure on multiple fronts in recent months could lead to the eventual collapse o ...View More
Heavy military presence in Yangon on third anniversay of Myanmar coup
Streets in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon are quieter than usual, with a heavy military presence in ...View More
Musk says Neuralink installs brain implant in first patient
Elon Musk on Tuesday said his Neuralink startup had installed a brain implant in its first human pat ...View More
China jailed British national in 2022 for spying, says Foreign Ministry
China jailed British national in 2022 for spying, says Foreign Ministry The Chinese Foreign Ministry ...View More
'President Putin has made mistakes', Russia anti-war candidate says I BBC News
Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin has said he has more than 100000 signatures to registe ...View More
Israel-Gaza war: IDF says 24 soldiers killed in Gaza in one day | BBC News
The Israeli army says 24 of its soldiers were killed in Gaza on Monday - the deadliest day for its f ...View More
Donetsk: Deadly blast hits market in Russia-held Ukraine city, officials say | BBC News
At least 25 people have been killed in a shelling attack in the Russian-held city of Donetsk, the Mo ...View More
Many countries 'have a stake' in Taiwan's stability: Blinken
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken says that "so many count ...View More
Covid vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe: WHO
At least 1.4 million lives have been saved in Europe thanks to Covid vaccines, the World Health Orga ...View More
US says Nauru switching ties from Taiwan to China 'disappointing'
Laura Rosenberger, the chair of the United States' de facto embassy, the American Institute in Taiwa ...View More
Myanmar: Rebel group says its captured strategic town from ruling military | BBC News
A rebel group in western Myanmar has said it has captured a strategic town near the Indian border fr ...View More
Taiwan: Lai Ching-te wins presidential election
Taiwan's ruling party candidate Lai Ching-te says Taiwan will 'never give up on' its democratic syst ...View More
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China says mediated 'immediate ceasefire' between Myanmar army and armed alliance
China says it has negotiated an "immediate ceasefire" between the Myanmar military and an alliance o ...View More
2023 an "incredibly challenging year for human rights", says Human Rights Watch
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China tells US to 'refrain from intervening' in Taiwan election, slams official visits
China on Thursday called on the US to "refrain from intervening" in self-ruled Taiwan's elections, s ...View More
Taiwan frontrunner presidential candidate Lai warns against 'illusions' of peace
Taiwan's frontrunner presidential candidate Lai Ching-te says that if elected his government would l ...View More
China's top diplomat says ties with US 'stabilised' last year
China's foreign minister says that relations with the United States "stabilised" last year, as the t ...View More
Bangladesh PM Hasina says election 'free and fair'
မဇ္ဈိမကို လွတ်လပ်တဲ့ မီဒီယာအဖြစ်ရပ်တည်နိုင်ရေးအတွက် ... ...View More
International sanctions failing to halt fuel shipments to Myanmar, says NUCC
International sanctions failing to halt fuel shipments to Myanmar, says NUCC ----------------------- ...View More
Japan Airlines jet in flames after crash with earthquake relief plane at Tokyo airport - BBC News
A Japan Airlines plane has burst into flames as it landed on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Jap ...View More
Ukraine war: Russia hits back after Kyiv attack on border city - BBC News
Ukraine has come under attack by Russian air strikes again, officials say, after two days of major a ...View More
Russia says Ukraine carried out deadly strikes on Belgorod | BBC News
Russia has vowed to retaliate after it says Ukrainian strikes have killed 14, including two children ...View More
China says Taiwan 'hyping up' election interference claims
China's defence ministry accuses Taiwan's leadership of "hyping up" claims that Beijing is interferi ...View More
Russia's Putin hails ties with India 'despite all the turbulence in the world'
Russian president Vladimir Putin hosts India's External Affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Pu ...View More
US accuses Iran of drone strike on tanker in Indian Ocean | BBC News
The US military says a drone which hit a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean was launched from Iran. ...View More
How Israel could destroy the Gaza tunnels
Israel has reportedly started to test a plan to flood Hamas's sprawling tunnel network, but experts ...View More
China's Xi holds talks with Russian PM Mishustin in Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing, saying that ...View More
China's foreign ministry spokesperson comments on North Korea, Russia's PM visit
Beijing's foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says that Russia's prime minister Mikhail Mishus ...View More
China says it will 'strengthen comminication' with North Korea
Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says that China is willing to work with North Korea to "st ...View More
US 'strongly' condemns bounties offered by Hong Kong for activists
The US says it "strongly" condemns bounties offered by Hong Kong for the capture of activists who fl ...View More
Yellen urges China to shift from 'unfair' state-driven economic policy
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calls for China to shift from a state-driven approach in economic ...View More
China foreign ministry comments on death of AIDS whistleblower
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning says China "has always attached great importance to t ...View More
China says moves on Philippine ships in South China Sea 'professional, restrained'
China says that moves by its Coast Guard against Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea ...View More
Guterres says UN Security Council 'paralysed' over Gaza
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he regrets the Security Council's failure to demand a cea ...View More
China says peace talks held over Myanmar conflict, 'positive results'
China said Monday that peace talks had been held over the conflict in northern Myanmar and yielded " ...View More
Myanmar’s junta nearing collapse, says NUG foreign minister
Myanmar's junta nearing collapse, says NUG foreign minister ---------------------------------------- ...View More
Toxic air divides Delhi between poverty and privilege
Environmental change hits the poorest the hardest, experts say, and in India's toxic smog-filled cap ...View More
Philippines installing monitoring station in disputed sea
The Philippines says it was establishing a coast guard station on the largest island it holds in the ...View More
Myanmar conflict displaces over a quarter of a million people, says UN
Myanmar conflict displaces over a quarter of a million people, says UN ----------------------------- ...View More
Israel says it has resumed combat against Hamas in Gaza | BBC News
The Israeli military said it has resumed combat against Hamas in Gaza, after accusing the group of v ...View More
China says Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party is 'doomed to fail'
China on Thursday responded to comments by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen saying that China is not li ...View More
China says it 'attaches great importance' to follow-up to MH370 incident
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says that Beijing "attaches great importance to th ...View More
China announces visa-free policy for six countries including France
Chinese foreign ministry says that the country will roll out 15-day visa free entry to citizens of F ...View More
Rakhine villagers seek shelter after clashes between Arakan Army and military
"I heard rumours that military troops were marching toward the villages and shooting civilians," say ...View More
'War is not an option' says Taiwanese vice presidential candidate
Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party vice presidential candidate Hsiao Bi-khim tells international me ...View More
China says 'welcomes' Israel-Hamas truce deal
China welcomes a truce deal between Israel and Hamas, after they reached an agreement on a four-day ...View More
Saudi FM says seeking 'more cooperation' with China to 'end crisis' in Gaza
Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud says that Saudi Arabia is "seeking more cooperation ...View More
AU leaders condemn Israel, say China 'bolder' in investing in Africa
During a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin organised during the G20 Comp ...View More
China FM says 'urgent' steps needed to ease Gaza crisis
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the world must "act urgently" to calm the Israel-Hamas war as ...View More
Intense fighting in northern Myanmar displaces tens of thousands, says UN
မဇ္ဈိမကို လွတ်လပ်တဲ့ မီဒီယာအဖြစ်ရပ်တည်နိုင်ရေးအတွက် ... ...View More
China says military operates lawfully after Australia sonar accusation
China says its military has always operated in accordance with international law, after Australia sa ...View More
Japan PM says experts to talk in China seafood row
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says China had agreed to expert-level talks aimed at addressin ...View More
Biden-Xi talks to boost stability in Taiwan Strait
Taiwan's chief delegate for the APEC summit, Morris Chang, says that talks between US President Joe ...View More
Biden says US 'derisking, not decoupling' with China after Xi talks
A day after meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to reduce tensions between the ...View More
Xi says once open, door to US-China relations 'will not be closed again'
Chinese President Xi Jinping says relations between the world's two largest economies would continue ...View More
China says resettling people fleeing northern Myanmar clashes
China says it was helping resettle people who have crossed its border fleeing clashes in northern My ...View More
Xi says 'turning their back on each other is not an option' for US, China
Chinese President Xi Jinping says that "turning their back on each other is not an option" for the U ...View More
Biden says US 'not trying to decouple from China' ahead of Xi meeting
President Joe Biden says that the United States is not seeking to distance itself from China but wan ...View More
Myanmar military stretched on multiple fronts | The World
Myanmar's military-installed president says it may break apart if it can't bring the Shan state unde ...View More
Beijing opposes defining China-US relationship by 'competition' ahead of Xi, Biden summit
Beijing says it opposes "defining China-US relationship in terms of competition" ahead of a summit b ...View More
China says Xi, Biden to talk 'global peace and development' at summit
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden will discuss "global peace and development" on ...View More
Latest sanctions applauded but world must do more, says Justice for Myanmar
Latest sanctions applauded but world must do more, says Justice for Myanmar ------------------------ ...View More
Putin meets senior Chinese general, hails growing military ties
President Vladimir Putin says during a meeting with Zhang Youxia, deputy chairman of China's Central ...View More
Beijing says to work with US on leaders' summit in San Francisco
Beijing says it will 'work together' with the US on an expected heads of state summit between leader ...View More
World's poorest nations in 'desperate situation', UN says
The world's porrest countries "are in a desperate situation", United Nations official Rebeca Grynspa ...View More
China's Xi says healthy, stable relationship is 'common interest' with Australia
Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that both a "healthy and s ...View More
China sends condolences to Nepal over deadly earthquake
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says President Xi Jinping sends a message of condo ...View More
PM Kishida says Japan to help boost Philippines' security capacity
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan will continue to help boost the Philippines' securi ...View More
Israel military confirms deadly strike on Gaza refugee camp - BBC News
Israel's military has confirmed that its jets carried out the attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in ...View More
Israel says it has hit 600 Hamas targets in the past 24 hours - BBC News
The Israel Defense Force has announced it has hit 600 Hamas targets in the past 24 hours. That compa ...View More
US military says Chinese fighter jet flew within 10 feet of US B-52 aircraft
Images that the US military says were recorded at night in international airspace over the South Chi ...View More
China says 'deeply' mourns death of former premier Li Keqiang
"We deeply mourn the tragic passing of Comrade Li Keqiang due to a sudden heart attack. Xinhua News ...View More
China says DPP pushing Taiwan into a 'dangerous situation of war and violence'
China says that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan is pushing the democratically self- ...View More
US defense commitment to Philippines 'ironclad' after China boat collisions: Biden
US President Joe Biden says after collisions between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South Chi ...View More
Hong Kong leader says to create new national security law in 2024
Hong Kong leader John Lee says that the semi-autonomous city will create its own national security l ...View More
Israeli woman, 85, recalls 'hell' of Hamas hostage ordeal
An 85-year-old Israeli freed after more than two weeks of captivity by Hamas militants in war-torn G ...View More
'One country, two systems' will not succeed in Taiwan: presidential contender Ko
Taiwan People's Party presidential candidate Ko Wen-je says China's "one country, two systems" is a ...View More
Israel says military campaign in Gaza may last months - BBC News
Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says the military's campaign in Gaza “may take a month, two o ...View More
China's Xi says Belt and Road to 'inject new impetus' into global economy
China's President Xi Jinping says Belt and Road to 'inject new impetus' into global economy, at the ...View More
Israel troops massing near Gaza in war on Hamas - BBC News
Around a million Palestinians are now believed to have fled southwards from northern Gaza - a top UN ...View More
French artist Saype paints mural on Turkey earthquake rubble
Artist Saype, known for his murals around the world, unveils a piece painted on rubble in the southe ...View More
Myanmar military marks rebel ceasefire despite rebel clashes
Myanmar's military marks the anniversary of a landmark 2015 peace deal with ethnic rebel groups that ...View More
