A doctor and former lawmaker with the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) defected to Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) Thursday after the government ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia jails journalist Ros Sokhet for criticizing Prime Minister Hun Sen
The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned the sentencing of Cambodian journalist and publisher Ros Sokhet and called for his immediate and unconditional release. Phnom Penh’s ... ( read original story ...)
Second US-funded facility demolished in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has drawn the ire of the United States after it demolished a second US-built facility at its Ream Naval Base. The demolition comes barely a month after it demolished the US-funded ... ( read original story ...)
How Syria’s disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets – podcast
James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the Syrian rescue group, fell to his death in Istanbul. What led an internationally celebrated humanitarian to take his own life? ( read original story ...)
Heavy precipitation to douse Kazakhstan this weekend
Heavy precipitation is expected to douse most of Kazakhstan this weekend due to moist cyclone, Kazinform has learnt from Kazhydromet. ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka strict for Bangladesh, lenient to host England
Sri Lanka health ministry proposed no quarantine for the visiting England team in the island nation, as opposed to the 14-day mandatory quarantine set for the Bangladesh side ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea and Russia are still trying to hack coronavirus vaccine researchers
Government hackers targeting vaccine research are broadly assumed to be conducting espionage for their own countries' vaccine efforts. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: North Korea and Russia hackers ‘targeting vaccine’
State-backed hackers from North Korea and Russia have been targeting organisations working on a coronavirus vaccine, Microsoft has said. It said a Russian group nicknamed "Fancy Bear" and North Korean ... ( read original story ...)
Afghanistan: Suicide car bomb blast in Kabul kills many soldiers
A suicide car bomb exploded at the western entry gate of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least three soldiers and wounding four others, an Afghan official said. The explosion on Friday targeted a ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar’s ruling party declared winner in general elections
Myanmar's ruling party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections as opponents in a military-backed party contested the results. ( read original story ...)