Myanmar junta cracks down on celebrations of new shadow government

YANGON, Myanmar--Security forces in Myanmar used violence on Monday against demonstrators who sought to celebrate last week’s formation of a shadow government to serve as an alternative to the ... Read More

Why Myanmar’s War Matters, Even if the World Isn’t Watching

The civil war is not new. Myanmar’s Army has been on a war footing since the former British colony gained independence in 1948. The recent fighting is unusual because many civilians from the country’s ... Read More

Myanmar junta hunts down critics, kills five protesters

Myanmar security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests on Saturday killing at ... the Bago Weekly Journal online news portal and locals reported. Separately, state media announced that ... Read More

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Mr. Yousaf, the leader of the Scottish National Party, announced that he was stepping down, days after the collapse ... to demonstrations across the Arab world. Arrests suggest governments fear ... Read More

The World Bank In Myanmar

Disruptions to education and health services are ... The survey covers 100 garment firms in Yangon, Bago, and Pathein – or about 20 percent of all garment firms in Myanmar. The World Bank is providing ... Read More

Myanmar Resistance Group Says Its Drones Hit Targets in the Capital, but Army Says It Shot Them Down

Myanmar Resistance ... s military said it shot down seven drones and there were no reports of casualties. BBC’s Burmese-language service and Khit Thit, an online news service sympathetic to ... Read More

Why the fall of Myawaddy, Myanmar’s ‘gateway’ to Thailand, is so important

Located on the eastern border of Myanmar and facing the Thai town of Mae Sot across the Moei River, it has been a focal point for many of the ethnic and pro-democracy groups who have struggled for ... Read More

New laws to crack down on disruptive protests come into force

New public order powers to prevent “disruptive” protests will come into force from ... Evening Standard’s newsletters. From a daily news briefing to Homes & Property insights, plus lifestyle ... Read More

Casualties from Myanmar landmines jump to over 1,000 last year, says UNICEF

The conflict has turned Myanmar into one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world. Over the past few years, an armed civilian resistance has joined forces with longstanding ethnic ... Read More

Police crack down on leftist anti-Milei protests in Argentina

Strikes and protests have ... in a statement. Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. Read More

How would Trump crack down on immigration in a second term?

April 22 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican running in the November election, has promised to crack down on illegal ... some parts of the world that could be subjected ... Read More

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Pro Palestinian demonstrators protest the war in Gaza and demand college divestment from military weapons manufacturers on the Auraria Campus in Denver on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt ... Read More