Promised high-paying jobs, they were imprisoned in high-rises, forced to take on fake identities and dupe their victims.

After scripting a memorable tale of success in Tata Steel Masters 2025 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Grandmaster ...

Fifteen-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran scripted another sensational win at the Mumbai Open WTA 125 Series in Mumbai on Monday.

Before the military seized power, the 28-year-old was teaching young children while studying at university in Yangon with the aim of qualifying as a teacher ... and now cannot return for fear of ...

Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven ...

More than a hundred shaven-­headed men pour out of their Yangon hostel around 6am for a day of weightlifting, karate drills, ...

Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther ...

Chinese New Year is upon us – so how can you wish friends and family a happy one? (Picture ... midnight in latest Armageddon prediction The world’s deepest underground station takes 10 ...

Take the case of Myanmar, considered one of the least free countries in the world. The American nonprofit Freedom House gives Myanmar a score of nine out of 100 on the Global Freedom Index and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chinese artists leap from pedestals as they perform a traditional lion dance marking the Lunar New Year of ...