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A bomb wrecked part of the train tracks between Bagan and Kyaukpadaung in Mandalay Region, forcing officials to shut down service between the two stations while crews fixed the damage. Workers got the line running again that same afternoon after regional authorities and security checked out the...

Myanmar authorities keep hitting telecom scam operations in Shwe Kokko and KK Park near Myawady, tearing down sketchy buildings where online fraud gangs ran their schemes. The crackdown demolished five more structures in KK Park Section 3, bringing the total to 288 buildings flattened out of 635...

The military's floating clinic stopped at a monastery in Betut Village, Labutta Township, and treated over 500 people from the area. The Shwe Puzun hospital boat and support vessel Saku brought medical staff who set up shop at the local temple. Doctors saw patients with all kinds of health...

The lottery people at Aung Bar Lay just bumped their top prize to 200 million kyat for the next draw because nobody grabbed the 100 million pot last time. Players can snag tickets through the app, USSD codes, text messages, web browser, or mobile payment stuff, and buying three tickets gets you...

Yangon's YBS 85 bus line got stretched out to hit Yadana Hninsi Housing instead of stopping at Thakayta roundabout, which gives commuters another way to reach the housing area from Hlinethaya without relying only on the 83 route. Trans Link runs the service and parks buses overnight at both ends...

A Myanmar flick called Thabin The Mya Hninsi: The Beginning just snagged the Outstanding Film Award at some international festival over in Yunnan after representing the country at the event. Director Min Set Thit handled the script and production under Sein Htay Film Production, and the cast...

KBZMS General Insurance threw a seminar with InterRisk Asia at a Yangon hotel, where Myanmar and Japanese businesses talked about earthquake prep and keeping operations running after disasters. CEO U Lu Mon Aung said families and companies need better risk assessment programs and stronger...

A village head in Masvingo became the center of wild speculation after lightning supposedly freed his clamped car, but the guy says everyone needs to chill because he had zero clue what went down. The 36-year-old dude parked at Tsungai Complex and came back to find people hyping him up like he...

A train completely wrecked some guy who was passed out on the tracks near Luveve when the driver spotted him, but could not stop in time. The 43-year-old conductor was heading from Bulawayo toward Victoria Falls when his train hit the victim and severed both legs. Dude somehow survived getting...

A massive storm trashed part of Khami Prisons Complex near Bulawayo when strong winds ripped through the medium-security facility and damaged three cell blocks plus 160 meters of perimeter fence. No inmates got hurt, and everyone stayed calm while officers moved them to safer buildings during...

A woman in Mt Pleasant got her 45,000-dollar Land Rover Discovery 4 back just hours after reporting it stolen when cops tracked it down nearby. Juliet Paradzai had left the SUV sitting in her carport with a dead battery for three months, and someone swiped it overnight because both the main gate...

Myanmar's central bank dumped over 1.2 million dollars into the edible oil import sector after buying foreign currency from CMP companies. The institution has been flooding the market with cash across multiple currencies to stop the exchange rate from tanking. The bank moved more than 21...

Yangon City Development Committee wants private developers to build affordable housing across three townships through a public-private partnership setup. The project covers Dagon Myothit South with 36 six-story apartment blocks and 20 shops, Dagon Seikkan with ten residential buildings, and...

Allegheny Financial just kicked off prep work for a four-tower project in Zagreb's Zavrtnica area that will pack 616 apartments across 23-story buildings. The company got its first construction permit seven years back, and the site covers around 123,000 square meters with a modern design from...

Croatian tourism giant Valamar is dropping 245 million euros on upgrades, with most of the cash going toward finishing the Pical resort in Poreč. The five-star property is supposed to open next spring, and the company is calling it the biggest tourism project Croatia has ever seen. The Pical...

Prosecutors hit 14 people with hooliganism charges after they allegedly chucked rocks, fireworks, and bottles at cops during a protest in Sofia. Ten suspects are locked up for 72 hours, while the others got released with conditions. Six of them already have criminal records for stuff like...

Parliament tanked President Rumen Radev's euro referendum proposal after his office refused to send anyone to defend it, and his press team clapped back, saying lawmakers had eight months to review the plan but never cared about what voters wanted anyway. Speaker Raya Nazaryan tried calling the...

Bulgaria and Egypt are leveling up their partnership after their joint economic commission finally met again in Cairo following a six-year gap. Economy Minister Petar Dilov and Egyptian Planning Minister Rania Al Mashat signed off on plans to boost collaboration across defense manufacturing...

Alexander Rusanov just rage-quit his spot running the Control Council for Continue the Change after his own party voted against President Rumen Radev's push for a euro referendum. The lawyer posted on Facebook saying the party ditched its original values and started working with the exact...

Someone vandalized the Dimitar Peshev monument in Sofia, and the Organization of Jews in Bulgaria Shalom is calling it part of a bigger pattern. Peshev gets credit worldwide for helping save Bulgarian Jews during World War II, and the group says trashing his memorial disrespects everyone who...