Great news for all globetrotters! Singapore Airlines (SIA) is extending its Time to Fly virtual travel fair and offering more payment options to all customers. For a limited time, customers will enjoy ...

A large snake was found coiled on top of a gold pagoda at a Buddhist temple in Myanmar. The 15ft serpent was spotted by locals wrapped around the crown of the religious building in Kachin's Shwe ...

Expect partly sunny skies. The high will reach 90° on this humid day. Good air quality (0-50) Primary pollutant PM2.5 4.8 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to ...

Rare earth mining in Myanmar is concentrated in Kachin state around the towns of Panwa and Chipwe, adjacent to southwestern China's Yunnan province. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google ...

An armed group fighting Myanmar's ruling military said it has taken control of a mining hub that is a major supplier of rare earth oxides to China, likely disrupting shipments of elements used in ...

Michael Willis is a driving force in keeping the county progressing … He's a proven, detailed-oriented policy administrator with a knack for problem-solving and deserves re-election, the endorsement ...

LABUHAN HAJI, Indonesia (AP) — About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat ...

Junta officials claim the power outages are a result of continuous attacks and damage to the power grid by rebel forces.

By AFP, Jakarta The United Nations refugee agency has appealed to Indonesia's government to rescue a boat languishing off its ...

The most-traded SHFE 2306 aluminium contract opened at 18,125 yuan/mt overnight, with its low and high at 18,030 yuan/mt and 18,160 yuan/mt before closing at 18,115 yuan/mt, down 30 yuan/mt or 0.17%.

Vital Meat showcased its cultivated chicken in a tasting at Hue restaurant in Singapore, where it expects regulatory approval "very soon".

Seven people are confirmed dead and more than 30 are missing after a boat whose passengers included villagers fleeing from fighting in Myanmar capsized in the Andaman Sea.