Pope Francis offers Vatican refuge to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

Extreme heat has forced school closures across South Asia and Southeast Asia, impacting millions of students in both regions.  Key points:

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Myanmar’s military junta has activated a dormant mandatory military service law that forces participation of all young men and women for at least two year...

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A Myanmar court has sentenced Toru Kubota, a 26-year-old freelance filmmaker from Japan, to three years in jail for sedition and seven years in jail for electr...

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A woman in Myanmar has been sentenced to six years in jail for posting nude photos on OnlyFans. Nang Mwe San, a model and former doctor, was convicted on Tues...

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Rapper-turned-politician U Phyo Zeya Thaw, who also went by the stage name “Nitric Acid,” was one of four democracy activists hanged by the Burmese junta on Sa...

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Myanmar’s ruling military earned global condemnation after executing Hla Myo Aung, Aung Thura Zaw, democracy advocate Kyaw Min Yu and former lawmaker Phyo Zeya...

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Nobel laureate and former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 77, has been transferred from house arrest to solitary confinement in a Nay Pyi Taw prison. The dep...

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Thomas Andrews, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, revealed the Myanmar military junta’s attacks on children. In a June 14 report, Andrew...

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Fortify Rights, a human rights nonprofit, posted a video showing Thai soldiers destroying a footbridge used by Burmese refugees to flee from Myanmar to Thailan...

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Democracy icon and formerMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to another five years in jail in a court hearing on...

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