Moe* is 53 years old and has stage three breast cancer.She used to go for radiotherapy treatment every three weeks at the state-run Mandalay General Hospital in northern Myanmar.But the day after the military deposed Myanmar's elected government in a coup on 1 February, the hospital closed its doors.

Something has gone horribly wrong in India. Yesterday, the country reported 346,786 new cases of COVID-19 for the previous 24 hours, with 2,624 deaths – the world’s highest daily toll since the pandemic began last year. Overall, nearly 190,000 people have died from COVID in the country, while more than 16.6 million have been infected.The new outbreak in India is so severe that hospitals are running out of oxygen and beds, and many people who have been taken ill are being turned away.

Human rights groups and people in Myanmar have criticised an agreement between Min Aung Hlaing, the general who seized power in a military coup nearly three months ago, and Southeast Asian leaders to end the violence-hit nation’s crisis, saying it fell short of restoring democracy and holding the army to account for killing hundreds of civilians.There were no immediate protests in Myanmar’s big cities a day after the armed forces’ chief flew to Jakarta to meet leaders of the Associat

Myanmar's shadow government of ousted lawmakers has welcomed a call by Southeast Asian leaders for an end to "military violence" after their crisis talks in Jakarta with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing.The general attended a high-level summit Saturday with leaders from the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to discuss Myanmar's mounting crisis.Since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a 1 February coup, Myanmar has been in an uproar

All 53 crew aboard an Indonesian submarine that disappeared last week were killed, the military said Sunday as it confirmed the vessel had been found in pieces on the seafloor.Authorities said that they picked up signals early Sunday from a location more than 800 metres (2,600 feet) deep – far below what the KRI Nanggala 402's steel hull was built to withstand.They had used an underwater submarine rescue vehicle supplied by neighbouring Singapore to get visual confirmation of the stricke

Southeast Asian leaders held Myanmar crisis talks Saturday with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing who has become the focus of international outrage over a military coup and crackdown that has left more than 700 dead.The senior general was at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Indonesia's capital, marking his first foreign trip since security forces staged a coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in early February.Mass protests by an angry population have

Debris has been recovered from a missing Indonesian submarine, the country's navy said Saturday, suggesting that the stricken vessel could have broken apart after sinking with 53 crew aboard. The development dashed already slim hopes of rescuing the sailors alive after their oxygen reserves were understood to have run out earlier in the day.Warships, planes and hundreds of military personnel have been searching for the KRI Nanggala 402 since it disappeared off the coast of Bali

World leaders united Friday to demand US$19 billion of investment in weapons to beat the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the "miracle" of vaccines did not mean the end was in sight.One year on from the launch of the Access to COVID Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a multi-billion-dollar internationally-coordinated attempt to find vaccines, tests and treatments, the billionth vaccine dose is on the verge of being administered.But leaders warned that despite the progress so far, another push was ne

Indonesia's desperate search for a missing submarine and its 53 crew was focused on a signal from an unidentified object Friday, with just hours to go before the stricken vessel's oxygen reserves ran out.Nearly two dozen warships were taking part in the ramped-up hunt, as Australia and the United States (US) joined the search off the coast of Bali where the sub disappeared more than two days ago during training exercises.The military said it had picked up signs of an object with hig

The chances of becoming infected by COVID falls sharply after a first dose of either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines, a United Kingdom (UK) study has found.The vaccines worked just as well in the over-75s and those with underlying health conditions, as other people.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and University of Oxford research also found a strong antibody response in all age groups from both jabs.Everyone showed some response to both vaccines, they said.The research, c