Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the military junta's call to ... ( read original story ...)
‘I did what I thought was right’: a Myanmar protester voices her fears for the future
Almost two weeks after the military coup, one demonstrator explains why she is still out on the streets ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar coup: MPs urge UN to investigate ‘gross human rights violations’
Fresh mass protests are taking place against a coup in Myanmar, defying a plea from its leader to "join hands" with the military. On the nation's Union Day holiday, Gen Min Aung Hlaing called for ... ( read original story ...)
People of Myanmar in ‘great peril’, UN told as police clash with protesters
Human rights council meets as police fire rubber bullets in south-eastern city of Mawlamyine ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar May Target Free Speech in Effort to Stifle Protests
Civil society groups say a proposed measure to limit online expression and privacy rights could lead to mass arrests of those who criticize the military government. ( read original story ...)
Myanmar’s Creatives Are Fighting Military Rule With Art – Despite the Threat of a Draconian New Cyber-Security Law
Artists in Yangon are creating striking, often satirical images as part of a civil disobedience campaign against the military ... ( read original story ...)
Joe Biden Would Give In to ‘Nuclear Blackmail’ by Re-Entering Iran Deal, Reza Pahlavi Says
The son of the former shah of Iran is among the dissidents urging the president to break away from what they say is a flawed agreement that favors Tehran. ( read original story ...)
Biden is tackling the Yemen crisis with “urgency,” but Iran won’t make it easy
The White House rushed a veteran diplomat to Saudi Arabia on a mission to end a war threatening hundreds of thousands of civilian lives, but nothing's easy in the Mideast. ( read original story ...)
Turkey holds Iranian diplomat over dissident’s assassination
Turkey has arrested an Iranian diplomat in connection with the assassination in Istanbul of a former regime intelligence officer who turned against Tehran.Muhammad Reza Naserzadeh, 43, a civil ... ( read original story ...)
Biden Starts Off Tough On Turkey, With Rocky Path Ahead
Joe Biden has opened his presidency by taking a visibly harder line on Turkey, with analysts expecting a rocky path ahead between the uneasy allies as their interests increasingly diverge. Turkish ... ( read original story ...)