Myanmar junta troops raided and shuttered an independent news outlet in Rakhine state on Sunday, arresting one reporter and a guard, while the rest of the staff went into hiding, relatives of the employees said.Soldiers arrested Htet Aung, the Sittwe-…

Junta artillery shelling killed five civilians, including three children, in central Myanmar, according to residents.Troops stationed in Magway region’s Pakokku township approached two nearby villages and fired heavy weapons at them on Sunday. The bul…

Activists have been calling for a boycott this week of a major beauty pageant to be held in Myanmar, citing the junta’s continued human rights violations since the country’s 2021 coup.The Thailand-based beauty pageant Miss Grand International announce…

PUTRAJAYA, The MyBrain scholarship programme, which will be re-introduced next year as MyBrain 2.0, will conduct strict screening in the selection of 500 outstanding students a year, said Divisional Secretary at the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)…

KUALA LUMPUR — The government is considering the location for the construction of the Syariah Judicial Academy, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar. He said the establishment of the academy wa…