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Toru Kubota, a Japanese documentary filmmaker was arrested while covering a protest in Myanmar.

The four ativists were executed by the Myanmar Junta for their roles in the anti-coup protests.

Security forces fired live rounds and tear gas to prevent gatherings in all three cities, and mobile phone communications were cut.

A total of 5,600 people arrested or wanted over their roles in anti-coup protests would be freed in an amnesty on humanitarian grounds.

Despite the killings, protesters continue to turn out every day in towns big and small to reject the return of military rule.

Fiber-based landline internet connections were still working, albeit at drastically reduced speeds.

Protesters have taken to the streets almost daily since the coup that derailed Myanmar's slow transition to democracy.

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned what he denounced as the military's continuing brutal violence.

The military junta imposed martial law in parts of the main city Yangon, giving commanders wide powers to stamp out dissent.

The Chinese embassy said many Chinese staff were injured and trapped in arson attacks by unidentified assailants on garment factories in Hlaingthaya.

Rights group Amnesty International accused the military of adopting battle tactics against demonstrators.

Tens of thousands of protesters rejected the Myanmar army's assertion that the public supported its overthrow of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Thai anti-coup protesters squared off against soldiers in Bangkok Sunday in a growing show of dissent despite warnings from the ruling junta to end rallies.

In Malaysia, over half a million road accidents have been recorded so far this year.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.