Myanmar’s junta court yesterday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate’s total jail time to 26 years.

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement of condemnation on Tuesday in response to a news report and social media post that Vietnam has punitively transferred journalist Pham Doan Trang to a prison facility far away from her family.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison on charges of accepting a bribe, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday dissolved parliament to clear the way for snap elections in a bid to restore political stability as the country emerges from the ravages of Covid-19 and a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal.

North Korea yesterday defended its recent flurry of missile tests as a legitimate counter to US military threats.

More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children’s agency has said.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to prison after he filmed an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat and the Southeast Asian nation’s government said Thursday.

Myanmar’s junta leader has not been invited to a regional summit next month, host Cambodia said yesterday, in a fresh diplomatic snub for the

Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before yesterday, sending it soaring over Japan, for the first time in five years, and prompting a warning for residents there to take cover.

A Pakistani court yesterday accepted an apology tendered by former prime minister Imran Khan and dropped a contempt of court case against him, his defence lawyer said, a ruling that ease the threat to him of disqualification from politics.

Pakistan’s Cabinet has formally given the go-ahead to hold an inquiry into the audio leaks purportedly featuring PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his party leaders, it emerged yesterday.

Authorities dispersed a women’s rally in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat yesterday, with protesters claiming they were beaten by Taliban forces who fired shots in the air.

Sri Lanka’s government yesterday cut taxes on female sanitary products in a bid to help women and girls unable to afford them because of the country’s economic crisis.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early yesterday, South Korea’s military said, the nuclear-armed country’s fourth launch this week as Seoul, Tokyo and Washington ramp up joint military drills to counter Pyongyang.

The death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said yesterday, as Shia Hazara women who bore the brunt of the attack staged a defiant protest against the “genocide” of their minority community.

Myanmar’s junta sentenced an Australian economist to three years in prison yesterday while also handing down another conviction to ousted

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating Myanmar’s official secrets act, a legal official said.

UN investigators said yesterday that the Myanmar junta commanders who ordered an attack this month on a school that left a dozen children dead could be liable for war crimes.

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said late on Sunday he planned to formally resign from the role, a change that comes as the country grapples with an economic crisis exacerbated by destructive flooding.

A blast outside a mosque attended by Taliban members in the Afghan capital killed seven people minutes after Friday prayers had ended, according to a hospital.