Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:South Africa's Ramaphosa Tests PositiveSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for COVID-19 and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency says.Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former deputy president FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier in the day but is in good spirits and being monitored by doctors, it says.British PM Warns Of Omic

Thousands of police were deployed in Hong Kong on Friday and the organiser of the territory’s now-banned annual vigil of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown arrested, as the authorities tried to prevent people from gathering for any kind of remembrance of the events of 1989.Hong Kong usually holds a mass vigil to remember those killed when soldiers stormed the square, which was packed with protesters calling for democracy, but police have banned the events for the past two years blaming the co

Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sloshed red paint in the streets on Wednesday to symbolise the blood spilled and more than 700 lives lost in a brutal military crackdown.The country is barely functioning and the economy has stalled since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February.The junta has sought to quell mass protests with lethal force and a local monitoring group has verified at least 714 civilian deaths but warns the toll is likely to be even higher.Th

The United Nations (UN) rights chief warned Tuesday that Myanmar could be spiralling towards a "full-blown" Syrian-style conflict, after a two-month crackdown that a local monitoring group says has already claimed more than 700 lives.Myanmar is in chaos and its economy has been paralysed since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February.Warning of possible crimes against humanity, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesda

Half of Myanmar’s population is under the age of 30, and many of these young people have benefited from their country’s fragile, imperfect democratic transition over the past decade. They know the military’s return to power could reverse hard-won gains in human development and fundamental freedoms. Their future is at stake.

"This is not a coup," said Major General Zaw Min Tun from a gilded hall in Myanmar's purpose-built capital Naypyidaw, the city where his comrades recently ousted an elected government, detained the country's leadership, and installed a military junta.During an hour-long conversation with CNN, the military spokesperson was steadfast in upholding the junta's official narrative: that the generals are merely "safeguarding" the country while they investigate a &q

United States (US) President Joe Biden on Sunday decried the bloodshed unleashed against anti-coup protesters in Myanmar as "absolutely outrageous," after security forces killed more than 100 people including at least seven children.Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February, triggering mass protests demanding a return to democracy.On Saturday, at least 107 people were killed across Myanmar as security forces ope

The family of a young girl killed in her home by Myanmar's security forces say they have gone into hiding and dare not return for fear of being targeted by the military.Khin Myo Chit was shot dead in her father's arms after security forces kicked down the door to their home in the city of Mandalay on Tuesday. She is the youngest victim yet in the military's post-coup crackdown.

More than a thousand Thai pro-democracy protesters took over a major Bangkok intersection on Wednesday, defying authorities in the first major rally since police used rubber bullets against demonstrators over the weekend.Thailand's protest movement kicked off in July, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's government and a rewrite of a military-scripted constitution.But the most controversial demand is to reform the untouchable monarchy, including the abol

Myanmar activists planned more anti-coup protests on Wednesday, including a silent strike with many businesses due to close and calls for people to stay home, a day after a seven-year-old girl was killed in her home when security forces opened fire during a crackdown in Mandalay.Pro-democracy protesters also held more candle-lit vigils overnight including in a district of the commercial capital Yangon and in Thahton in Mon State.The vigils come after staff at a funeral service in Mandalay tol