Sources: Reuters
The Financial Action Task Force removes the Philippines from its grey list and adds Laos and Nepal to the list. 2025-02-21
Laotian human rights activist Anousa Luangsuphom is shot at a coffeehouse in the capital Vientiane. 2023-04-29
Laos reports a record 1,041 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 58,798. 2021-11-18
Laos reports a record 170 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3,710. 2021-07-20
Laos reports its first three imported cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Thai migrant workers from Champasack. 2021-06-30
Laos extends its nationwide lockdown for another 15 days until June 4 as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase. 2021-05-20
One Chinese national is killed and three others injured in a possible militant attack on a Chinese-invested company in Laos, the official Xinhua News Agency reports. 2016-03-2
Laos denies knowledge as to the fate of missing activist Sombath Somphone, who disappeared last week in the capital Vientiane. 2012-12-20
Two large earthquakes are recorded in northeastern Burma near the borders with Laos and Thailand, killing at least two people. 2011-03-24