Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi cast her ballot Thursday ahead of Election Day next week with hundreds of thousands of elderly voters across the country expected to follow suit to reduce ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar Decision to Cancel Voting in Many Precincts Hurts Ethnic Regions — HRW
Decisions by Myanmar's Union Election Commission to cancel Nov. 8 elections in dozens of townships, including in war-torn Rakhine state, without consulting local political groups will disenfranchise ... ( read original story ...)
Vote cancellations trigger outrage among Myanmar minority voters
Some 1.5 million people denied their vote in November 9 poll in move experts worry will increase further alienation. ( read original story ...)
Australia must do more to ensure Myanmar is preventing genocide against the Rohingya
In January, the International Court of Justice ruled unanimously that Myanmar must take all measures to prevent acts of genocide against the Rohingya minority by its military and police forces. ( read original story ...)
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to face new trial in Iran court on Monday
Ratcliffe has been summoned to an Iranian court next Monday for a new trial. The British-Iranian, under house arrest in Tehran since being moved from jail in March due to the coronavirus outbreak, has ... ( read original story ...)
Oil Market Faces Iran Shock If Biden Win Points to Nuclear Deal
For fragile oil markets, the outcome of next week’s U.S. election poses yet another risk: the prospect that major producer Iran may regain its role in international trade. ( read original story ...)
Charlie Hebdo: Turkey vows legal action over Erdogan cartoon
Turkey has vowed to take "legal, diplomatic actions" over a cartoon of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in French magazine Charlie Hebdo. The cartoon depicts Turkey's president lifting the dress of a ... ( read original story ...)
France and Turkey Spar Over Caricatures and Islam
Conflict between the two countries escalated after French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published a caricature of the Turkish president and Ankara accused Paris of leading a crusade against Islam. ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Molave: hundreds search for missing after landslides in Vietnam
More than 10 dead following torrential rains brought by strongest storm in decades ... ( read original story ...)
8 killed, 42 missing in landslides in typhoon-hit Vietnam
Vietnam's state media reports that landslides set off by Typhoon Molave have killed at least eight people with 42 others missing in the country's central region ... ( read original story ...)