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‘Inch by inch’: Myanmar rebels close in on key military base in Chin State
In the mountains of western Myanmar, photographs of fallen fighters line a wall of a rebel headquarters – an honour roll of ...
U.N. chief describes aid cuts as ‘a crime’ during visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday described the humanitarian aid cuts by the United States and other ...
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Myanmar troops under armed attack flee across border, says Thai military
A group of Myanmar soldiers fled across the Thai border on Friday after an assault by an ethnic armed group ousted them from ...
UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar
The United Nations food agency says that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from ...
'We are simply going to starve': UN chief visits Rohingya refugees amid aid funding shortfall
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as their food rations face drastic cuts ...
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Arakan Army Threatens Myanmar Junta Naval Base at Sittwe
The armed group continues to advance around the Rakhine State capital as the regime reinforces the city and the major Min Gan naval base.
Myanmar resistance group admits responsibility for killing of Buddhist monk it accused of army ties
A local resistance group fighting against the military government in Myanmar has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the country’s eastern ...
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Bago Rising: Emergence of Third Front Threatens Junta’s Hold on Myanmar
Caught between ethnic offensives in the east and west, the regime now faces a growing threat at its industrial-military core.