Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

EXPLAINED: 7 | Rare Historical Photos

Abused, exploited: How two Africans became trapped in a cyber-scam in Laos

Southeast Asia’s multibillion-dollar cyber-scam centres lure victims from as far away as Africa.

Al Jazeera

Methamphetamine trafficking surges from ‘Golden Triangle’ region

UN Office on Drugs and Crime says ‘explosive growth’ in synthetic drug trade led to record regional seizures in 2024.

Al Jazeera

Betrayed Again by Washington 50 Years After the Vietnam War?

Hmong farmers who feed California’s hungry now face the end of federal support under President Trump.

Capital & Main

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

A look at the deportees on plane that headed for South Sudan from US

The men who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were originally from countries as far away as Vietnam

The Independent UK

Mums Of Aussie Teens Poisoned In Laos Slam ‘Insulting’ Proposed Charges For Those Involved

“We know that there’s no murder or manslaughter charges, which we feel there should be.”

Pedestrian.tv

Threat of enslavement hangs over reported plans to deport migrants from US to Libya

Human rights organisations have expressed alarm at possible US plans to send a group of migrants from Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines to Libya on a military flight. They have pointed to the appalling conditions migrants face there, which the US State Department described as “harsh and life-threatening” in its…

The Conversation

Trump is freezing funds to clear thousands of unexploded mines in Vietnam 50 years after war ended

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam war, the long-term consequences of that conflict continue to affect many Vietnamese people’s daily lives. There are still thousands of unexploded mines and bombs strewn across the region in forests, rice fields and around villages.

The Conversation

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

‘Steer clear, drink beer’: Teach teens the dangers of methanol poisoning says best friend of killed Laos tourist

Following the death of her friend, Bethany Clarke says the dangers of methanol poisoning should be on the school curriculum

The Independent UK

Thailand’s fragile democracy takes another hit with arrest of US academic

Despite the challenges faced by local democratic activists, Thailand has often been an oasis of relative liberalism compared with neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.

The Conversation

Trump advisors argue steep tariffs on countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are needed to erase trade deficits and rework supply chains. The economics say that’s going to be a long shot

Despite promises made by Southeast Asia governments, consumers in the region may not be able to afford American-made products.

Fortune

Family of Milwaukee mother deported by Trump to Laos launches fundraiser to bring her home

Ma Yang’s partner says Milwaukee is the only home the Hmong-American woman has known since arriving in the US at eight months old

The Independent UK

Government Launches Alcohol Safety Ads For Travellers In Wake Of Laos Poisoning Deaths

Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, the 19-year-olds who died from methanol poisoning while on holiday in Laos, were “foremost in mind” for the campaign.

Pedestrian.tv

Alcohol safety ads to target young Australian travellers amid push for answers over methanol deaths

Penny Wong says families of Laos poisoning victims Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles ‘foremost in mind’ as Smartraveller campaign announced

The Guardian - AU

Milwaukee mother deported to Laos ‘shaken’ as she faces decades without family in U.S.

SPECIAL REPORT: Despite being born in Thailand and becoming a permanent U.S. resident, Ma Yang has been sent to the other side of the world to a country where she knows no one. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar traces her journey to the Laotian capital of Vientiane

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Mother of woman killed by suspected methanol poisoning demands Laos be put on no-travel list

Exclusive: Simone White died along with five others at a popular stop on the southeast Asia backpacker trail

The Independent UK

No one could’ve imagined Milwaukee mother would be deported to Laos, former lawyer says

Exclusive details: ‘Nobody with any compassion would think that’s any compelling reason’ to separate Yang from her family, her former lawyer, Matt Ricci, said

Latin Times

Wisconsin Mom Deported by ICE to a Country She's Never Been: 'The US Sent Me to Die'

An American mother of five has been deported from Milwaukee to Laos—a country she has never set foot in—after serving time for a marijuana-related charge.

The Independent UK

Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the language

‘The United States sent me back to die,’ Ma Yang, a mother of five, said

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Four months after daughters’ deaths, parents of Laos backpackers face ‘horror scenarios’ amid fight for answers

As the UK, Australia and Denmark mount joint diplomatic push, grieving families fear Laos’ investigation into the suspected methanol poisonings won’t deliver justice

The Conversation

Money laundering plays a key role in every part of the illegal drugs industry – here’s how it works

The global illicit drugs trade is estimated to be worth at least half a trillion US dollars each year. Drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin generate large revenues all along their supply chains, from where the products (and precursor materials) are grown or made – principally Colombia and Bolivia,…

Evening Standard

Mother of British lawyer who died from methanol poisoning in Laos fears she will never find who is responsible

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after an incident in Vang Vieng, Laos

International Business Times

China's Sprawling Rail Projects Around Asia

Vietnam approved plans on Wednesday for a multi-billion-dollar railway with China, boosting links between the two communist countries.

Pedestrian.tv

Laos Yet To Accept AFP Help As Families Seek Answers In Methanol Poisoning Deaths

“Two young Australian women died here. We need to know why, how this happened."

AAP

Laos waives AFP assistance in Aussie methanol deaths

An investigation by Laos into the deaths of two Melbourne teens by methanol poisoning has not taken up an offer of help from Australian authorities.

The Independent UK

Why you need to take the slow boat from Thailand to Laos

To cross the border between the two southeast Asian countries, Amelie Maurice-Jones opts for a more serene (and economical) mode of transport and discovers the Mekong in all its majesty

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

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

Organisations

the Trump Administration

the Department of Homeland Security

The US State Department

213 stories

DFAT

204 stories

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

152 stories

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.