The Gokteik bridge, which opened in 1901 during British colonial rule, partly collapsed on Sunday following clashes between junta forces and pro-democracy fighters in Shan State.

Kilmar Ábrego García, whose case has become indicative of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies, was taken into custody on Monday after reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Baltimore. Speaking outside an ICE field office, Ábrego’s lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, accused officials of acting vindictively. “The only reason he was taken into detention was to punish him,” he told supporters gathered at the scene. Earlier that day, Ábrego…

Moscow has accused Ukraine of launching dozens of drone attacks across its territory, including one that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant, as Kyiv marked 34 years since declaring independence from the Soviet Union. Russian authorities said a drone strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant, about 37 miles (60km) from the Ukrainian border, damaged an auxiliary transformer and forced one reactor to halve its output. The blaze…

A memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most high-profile accusers, will be published later this year following her death in April.

The launch of Elon Musk’s giant Starship rocket was called off late on Sunday, following a glitch in their ground system. SpaceX announced that it was standing down from the scheduled test at its Starbase complex in Texas to “allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems”. No new launch date has yet been set. It was the tenth attempt to fly the colossal rocket, which at 403ft (123…

By: Eniola Amadu Vietnam has ordered more than 586,000 people to be evacuated ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Kajiki. The storm is already packing winds of 166km/h (103mph) and is expected to strengthen further before making landfall early on Monday, weather forecasters said. Forecasters report that the storm is currently generating winds of 166 km/h (103 mph) and is predicted to intensify further before hitting land early Monday. READ…

Sanders has long voiced opposition to U.S. weapons sales to Israel, pressing for restrictions as the civilian toll in Gaza rises.

The number of immigrants living in the United States has fallen by more than one million since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, ending over half a century of steady growth.

US defence officials have prevented Ukraine from using American-supplied long-range missiles to hit targets inside Russia since late spring.

A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from withholding funds from 34 “sanctuary cities” and counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, in a ruling that widens an earlier order. The decision, issued on Friday by Judge William Orrick in San Francisco, extends protections to major cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Denver and Albuquerque. Orrick, an appointee of Barack Obama, had previously ruled it unconstitutional for…

US immigration authorities have said they intend to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Uganda, after the Salvadorian national declined an offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for pleading guilty to human smuggling charges and remaining in jail. The proposal was made late on Thursday, shortly before Ábrego’s release from a Tennessee jail the following day. He refused the deal and was freed on Friday to await trial…

Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe  was admitted to hospital on Saturday, a day after he was charged with misusing public funds to pay for private international travel. The 76-year-old, who was remanded in custody on Friday, is accused of using state money to cover expenses for a two-day trip to the United Kingdom in September 2023. The visit was to attend a ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton, where…