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SACRAMENTO, California — A parole panel on Wednesday recommended the release of a former follower of cult leader Charles Manson after California governors blocked...

By Swe Win
Myanmar Now

YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar will go to the polls Nov. 8 in what has been billed as the first free and fair parliamentary election in 25 years, yet the marginalization of the Muslim community has left local and international observers concerned about how democratic the vote will be.

9 Bodies Pulled From A Flooded Road Tunnel In South Korea As Rains Cause Flash Floods And Landslides SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean...

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA) - A tanker carrying 6,000 metric tons of high-grade petrol has gone missing in Malaysian waters, a senior official said Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans tuned into the Democratic National Convention were told Thursday that the higher minimum wage favored by presidential candidate Joe Biden would lift all full-time workers out of poverty. That’s not what $15 an hour is likely to do.

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. Ukrainian officials said the attack wounded at least 17 people.

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's government began releasing about 2,300 prisoners on Wednesday, including activists who were detained for protesting against the military's seizure of power in February and journalists who reported on the protests, officials said.

BEIJING (Xinhua) — China firmly opposes the U.S. side's blatant bullying of certain non-U.S. enterprises in violation of market economy rules and the WTO principles of openness, transparency and non-discrimination, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.

HANOI — President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dove into the details of nuclear negotiations Thursday against a backdrop of...

PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian court has sentenced an opposition senator to seven years in prison over comments he posted on Facebook criticizing a 36-year-old border agreement with neighboring Vietnam.