By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka must address the developing issue of Rohingya refugees cautiously. Whatever the domestic politics, or divisions within political parties represented in Parliament, ...

The unconditional release and support of all political prisoners is only the first step toward a free and democratic Myanmar, says prominent activist Bo Kyi.

Once a full-time musician who toured throughout Myanmar, indie-pop star Linnith now finds himself in vastly different ...

Index travels to Germany to meet exiled newspaper editor Kyaw Min Swe, who faced torture and imprisonment at the hands of the ...

A construction site in Phuket turned into a bloodbath when a heated argument over a motorbike accident ended in murder.

Washington said it would grant waivers to the freeze in some areas including emergency food assistance, according to a memo ...

Thailand has strongly denied allegations of mistreatment against She Zhijiang, a gambling tycoon detained in Bangkok and ...

GAZA -- Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian youth and wounded others on Saturday as displaced civilians attempted to return to their homes in central Gaza, Palestinian medical sources said.

Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has rejected claims by Myanmar's junta that Thailand is partly to blame for the proliferation of online scam centres in Myanmar, saying the problem is a ...

A total of 486 international observers have been accredited to monitor Belarus' presidential election, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Igor Karpenko said, BelTA has learned.

KYIV - A Ukrainian court has dropped desertion charges against a soldier who fled his army unit in protest over the lack of ...