Myanmar Leader Pardons 9,500 Prisoners but not 2 Reporters
YANGON More than 9,500 prisoners were ordered released Wednesday in Myanmar under a presidential amnesty, but they did not include two Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters.The Facebook page of the Office of President Win Myint said he has signed …
U.S. Citizens Were ‘Disseminating Religion’ in Laos Without Approval-Police
Three U.S. citizens held in Laos since last week for disseminating religion without government approval had their passports seized and are being kept in a guesthouse in the provincial capital of Luang Namtha, RFA’s Lao Service learned from a local poli…
Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Bin Thani Al-Thani in landmark $35m donation for the displaced through UNHCR’s Zakat programme
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today a major individual contribution of more than $35 million from Qatari businessperson Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Bin Thani Al-Thani for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and displaced Yemenis.The donation, which…
Heritage Site or Home? Indigenous Thais Fight for Right to Forest
BANGKOK Hundreds of indigenous Karen people in Thailand face evictions from a national park that authorities wish to turn into a World Heritage Site, joining millions in a similarly precarious situation as authorities worldwide push tough conservatio…
Myanmar Army Seizure of Alleged Arakan Army Training Camp Draws AA Denial
Myanmar troops seized an Arakan Army training camp the hills of turbulent Rakhine state’s Mrauk-U township on Saturday, including weapons, ammunition, and food reserves, a government military spokesman said, though a representative for the rebel group …
Jailed Reuters Reporters, US Border Photographers Win Pulitzer Prizes
NEW YORK Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, one for an investigative report that revealed the massacre of 10 Muslim Rohingya men by Buddhist villagers and Myanmar security forces, and one for photographs of migrants on the U.S. border, the Pul…
One Dead, One Critical in Australia Nightclub Shooting
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA A drive-by shooting outside a popular Melbourne nightclub in Australia early Sunday left one man dead, another critically wounded and two others injured, police said.Police said shots were fired from a car into a crowd standing o…