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Myanmar junta says a third of townships not under full military control
Myanmar’s military does not “fully control” more than a third of the country’s townships, state media on Wednesday reported junta chief Min Aung ... World News -
Hundreds of Myanmar anti-junta protesters rally in Bangkok
Hundreds of noisy protesters staged a rally against Myanmar’s junta in the Thai capital on Wednesday, in stark contrast to a chilly silence in the ... World News -
Myanmar junta set to cement its grip on power with tough new election rules
Myanmar’s ruling junta on Friday announced tough requirements for parties to contest an election this year, including a huge increase in their ... World News -
Human rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military
A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar’s generals for genocide, war ... World News -
Top diplomats, former UN officials seek to fix ‘Wild West’ of peacemaking
There are more than 50 active conflicts in the world, from Democratic Republic of Congo to Ukraine, affecting some 2 billion people – a record for the post-World War Two period. World News -
Myanmar airstrike kills five, including mother and toddler
A mother and her toddler were among five people killed in a military airstrike in Myanmar’s east, Karen rebels and an aid group said Saturday.Myanmar ... World News -
Assets of Myanmar junta chief family found in Thai drug raid
Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar’s junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon charged ... World News -
Thai troops kill six alleged drug smugglers near Myanmar border
Thai soldiers killed six suspected drug smugglers in a shoot-out in a jungle in northern Thailand, officials said Tuesday.The incident took place near ... World News -
Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya for traveling ‘without documents’
Myanmar authorities have sentenced 112 Rohingya, including a dozen children, to between two and five years in prison for attempting to travel to ... World News -
One prisoner killed, more than 60 wounded in Myanmar prison riot
A prisoner was killed and more than 60 wounded after a riot broke out at a Myanmar prison west of Yangon, the junta said on Saturday.Myanmar has been ... World News -
Myanmar mass pardons included 300 political prisoners: UN
Among more than 7,000 prisoners granted amnesty by Myanmar’s junta this week were about 300 political prisoners, the United Nations said Friday.The ... World News -
Myanmar junta to free more than 7,000 prisoners to mark country’s independence day
Myanmar’s military government will release 7,012 prisoners under an amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, state broadcaster MRTV reported on ... World News -
Suu Kyi’s party slams latest Myanmar jail sentence
The political party headed by jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned her latest sentence and said on Saturday it would continue to oppose ... World News -
Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi for 7 more years as trials end
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five counts of corruption and jailed her for a combined seven ... World News -
UN agency says deadliest year for Rohingya at sea in years as 180 presumed drowned
The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade ... World News -
UN council demands end to Myanmar violence in first resolution in decades
The UN Security Council adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years on Wednesday to demand an end to violence and urge the military junta to ... World News -
Southeast Asian politicians call for rescue of boat carrying 200 Rohingya refugees
Southeast Asian politicians called Tuesday for the rescue of a boat carrying as many as 200 Rohingya refugees including women and children stranded at ... World News -
Trial of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi reaches final phase
A junta court will hear the final arguments in the 18-month-long trial of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi next week, a legal source said Tuesday, before ... World News -
Myanmar junta and anti-coup fighters trade accusations over ferry bomb
Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup fighters on Monday traded accusations over a bomb attack on a Yangon commuter ferry that wounded 17 people, the latest ... World News -
Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran, Russia, Myanmar over human rights
Canada on Friday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, Iran and Myanmar, citing alleged human rights violations by their governments.The measures ... World News -
More than 150 Rohingya stranded on leaking boat off Thai coast: Report
At least 150 ethnic Rohingya are stranded at sea off Thailand after their boat broke down, activists said on Wednesday, adding that several may have ... World News -
UN says Myanmar sentences seven students to death
The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death row to 139, according to the United ... World News -
Pakistan tops list of nations at risk of violence, US think-tank report says
Pakistan tops the list of countries at the highest risk of experiencing new mass killings, according to a new report that cites violence by a local ... World News -
Myanmar junta to release 700 prisoners including British ambassador, Japan journalist
Myanmar’s junta said Thursday it will release 700 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian adviser to ... World News -
Rohingya refugees discovered off coast of Indonesia
More than 100 Rohingya Muslims who had been traveling in a boat for more than a month were found along the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province on ... World News -
Myanmar must get ‘democratic transition back on track immediately:’ UN chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday urged the Myanmar junta to “immediately” restart democracy, saying it was the only way to stop the “unending ... World News -
ASEAN foreign ministers discuss Myanmar’s political crisis
Southeast Asian foreign ministers met in Jakarta Thursday to discuss the political crisis in Myanmar ahead of November’s ASEAN leaders’ summit, ... World News -
UN ‘seriously concerned’ by Malaysia’s deportation of Myanmar asylum-seekers
The United Nations said Tuesday it was “seriously concerned” by Malaysia’s continued deportation of asylum-seekers from Myanmar back to their ... World News -
Myanmar joins Iran on blacklist, Russia sidelined by money-laundering watchdog FATF
Myanmar was added on Friday to a global financial blacklist while Russia was sidelined by the international money-laundering watchdog FATF.The move by ... Economy -
At least eight killed in explosions at Myanmar’s main prison
At least eight people were killed, and 13 others were injured by explosions at Myanmar’s biggest jail, media reported on Wednesday.Three officials and ... World News