Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

ICE deported an Alabama man who claims US citizenship. DHS says it wasn’t a mistake and don’t want him back

A federal judge had blocked ICE from deporting Chanthila Souvannarath, warning ‘inherent and obvious harm’ in deporting a citizen

The Independent UK

Man deported to Laos despite court ordering blocking his removal, attorneys say

U.S. immigration officials have deported a man to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal

The Independent UK

North Korea invites foreign dignitaries for ruling party's 80th anniversary celebrations

Officials from China, Russia, Vietnam and Laos will be among those attending the celebrations on Friday.

Euronews

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ice’s deportations of south-east Asian refugees creating ‘ripple effect’ of trauma: ‘I didn’t get to say bye to my husband’

Administration’s targeting of group settled in the US after fleeing war in Vietnam creating further displacement

The Guardian - US

Communist Laos Looking To Turn Extra Hydropower Into Crypto Mining To Tackle Debt: Report

Southeast Asian country Laos is turning to cryptocurrency mining as a way to ease its growing debt burden and put surplus energy to use, according to a report published Wednesday.

Benzinga

Warner Bros Discovery's HBO Max Rolls Out Asia Expansion Ahead of New IT Series

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) announced on Tuesday that it will extend its global streaming footprint next month, bringing HBO Max to 14 additional Asia Pacific markets on October 15. The rollout includes Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, among others.

Benzinga

MP seeks clear travel advice on methanol poisoning after lawyer’s death in Laos

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott has called on the Government to bolster its travel advice after the death of Simone White in November.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally

The men, who had been released after serving criminal sentences, are from Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Jamaica and Yemen

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki lashes south-east Asia with fatalities in Vietnam

Duration of torrential rains from Typhoon Kajiki lead to elevated landslide risk across Laos and Thailand

The Guardian - UK

Buying spirits in popular gap year destinations like ‘Russian roulette’

Simone White died last year, less than three weeks after her 28th birthday, after drinking shots at a hostel bar in Laos.

Evening Standard

The Laos Methanol Poisoning Could Happen To You: Early Signs, Symptoms You Should Be Aware Of

Methanol-tainted alcohol at a Laos hostel killed six tourists and blinded a British man, raising urgent safety concerns for travellers.

International Business Times UK

What is methanol poisoning? The colourless, tasteless liquid that can kill

Methanol is an important industrial solvent used in antifreeze, paint thinners and windshield washer fluid

The Independent UK

Laos methanol poisoning survivor describes ‘kaleidoscopic light’ before going blind

Calum Macdonald was one of a number of tourists who fell victim to methanol poisoning in the popular tourist destination of Vang Vieng, Laos

The Independent UK

Dangerous Mekong River pollution blamed on lawless mining in Myanmar

Fishing communities in Laos feel effect of pollution from gold, rare earth mining in rebel-controlled areas of Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

International Business Times

Laos Braced For Blow Of Trump Tariff Threat

Hawking clothes outside the garment factory where her daughter toils inside, a Laos vendor weighs US President Donald Trump's threat of trade tariffs that may soon snarl both their livelihoods.

The Conversation

A rare, direct warning from Japan signals a shift in the fight against child sex tourism in Asia

Japan’s embassy in Laos and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a rare and unusually direct advisory, warning Japanese men against “buying sex from children” in Laos.

The Guardian - UK

Eswatini opposition attacks US deal as ‘human trafficking disguised as deportation’

Men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba to be temporarily held in kingdom

Bangkok Post

Storm Wipha downgrades to depression in Laos

Tropical storm Wipha became a depression at 1am Wednesday and hit Laos, 180km east of Thailand’s Nan province, at 4am, according to the Meteorological Department.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Benzinga

First Solar, Other US Solar Firms Urge Trump Administration To Impose Tariffs On Solar Cell Imports From Indonesia, India, Laos

A group of U.S. solar panel manufacturers has called on the Commerce Department to impose tariffs on imports from Indonesia, India, and Laos. The manufacturers allege that these countries are saturating the market with low-cost goods.

The Independent UK

What to know about the African kingdom of Eswatini where the US sent 5 deportees

The United States has deported five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small country in southern Africa where the king still holds absolute power

The Guardian - US

US deports migrants to Eswatini, African country with troubling human rights record

Announcement that people from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen were deported comes after eight others were sent to South Sudan this month

International Business Times

'Las Vegas In Laos': The Riverside City Awash With Crime

Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: US resumes military supplies to Ukraine, Zelenskyy announces

President says Kyiv ‘preparing new European defence packages’; Ukraine says its drones hit fighter aircraft plant and missile production facility inside Russia

The Guardian - US

US border czar says he doesn’t know fate of eight men deported to South Sudan

Men from Mexico, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar were removed from the US and flown to the war-torn country

International Business Times

EU Blasts Russia's Latest Ukraine Attacks, Threatens New Sanctions

The EU's top diplomat on Friday slammed Russia's latest blitz on Ukraine as "unacceptable", saying the 27-nation bloc was pondering a new raft of sanctions against Moscow.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Trump Administration

Warner Bros Discovery

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.