Myanmar violence escalates with rise of ‘self-defence’ groups: report

Violence in post-coup Myanmar has escalated as anti-junta “self-defence” forces step up…

Twitter blocks Indian minister as row rages

India’s IT minister on Friday accused Twitter of briefly blocking his account…

Hong Kong court ruling overturns anti-LGBT housing policy

Married same-sex partners will be allowed to own subsidised housing together in…

Japan PM insists emperor not ‘worried’ about Olympics

Japan’s prime minister on Friday dismissed claims that the country’s emperor is…

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily paper slams ‘tyranny’ in final edition

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid said it was a “victim of…

Taiwan’s Apple Daily says it will continue operations

The Taiwanese edition of Apply Daily assured readers that its operations will…

Thai democracy protesters rally against govt despite COVID warnings

Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters rallied in Bangkok Thursday to call for the…

Tears and defiance as Hong Kong’s Apple Daily prints last edition

As journalists from Hong Kong’s embattled pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper scrambled to…

Philippines’ ex-president ‘Noynoy’ Aquino dies

Former Philippine president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, the reserved 61-year-old bachelor from one…