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Myanmar authorities have arrested Britains former ambassador to the country and her husband, a prominent artist and one-time political prisoner, for allegedly violating immigration laws, the junta said on Thursday. Vicky Bowman, who served as envoy from 2002 to 2006, was detained for failing to dec ..

BANGKOK (AP) — A former British ambassador to Myanmar who now heads a business ethics advisory group in the Southeast Asian country has been arrested on charges of violating immigration laws by failing to register her change of address, the military government said Thursday.

Marked independence day. the country was on high alert because of fears russia could use the occasion to launch attacks across the country. we also had reports of shelling in the city of kharkiv in the east and also the towns of mykolaiv in the south of the country because of these towns have been under constant russian attack in recent weeks. here in kyiv, celebrations yesterday were cancelled and there is a ban on public events as a security measure. yesterday was the day that marked half a ye...

Myanmar authorities have arrested Britain's former ambassador to the country and her husband, a prominent artist and one-time political prisoner, for allegedly violating immigration laws, the junta said…

YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar authorities have arrested Britain’s former ambassador to the country and her husband, a prominent artist and one-time political prisoner, for allegedly violating immigration laws, a diplomatic source said yesterday. Vicky Bowman, who served as envoy from 2002 to 2006, was arrested on Wednesday in the commercial hub Yangon, the source said, […]

Humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. the provinces of sindh and balochistan have been the worst hit regions. more than 900 people have died sincejune. french presdient emmanuel macron is in algeria, on a trip aimed at repairing ties and boosting energy supplies. he laid a wreath at a monument to algerians killed during the independence war, which brought french colonial rule to an end 60 years ago. a former british ambassador to myanmar and her husband have been arrested in yangon. vicky b...

Vicky Bowman and her husband reportedly had been charged with immigration offenses

A CHARITY has won a royal award after helping thousands of excluded artists to reach a national audience.

Part of a road that was closed following Storm Arwen in November has now reopened.

The Shwe pipeline shaves an angry bald strip across the red clay hills and disappears into the morning mist. A sign hanging above an area cordoned off by bamboo fencing warns in English, “Severe punishment on pipeline destruction.”“Families were forced to move,” says Omar, a 31-year-old Palaung village chief based just outside Hsipaw town in northern Myanmar on the road to