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Myanmar army airstrikes send hundreds fleeing across a river into Thailand

Myanmar's military unleashed airstrikes and heavy artillery on a small town controlled by ethnic guerrillas, sending hundreds of people fleeing across a river into Thailand

FS Shringla sought meeting with Suu Kyi in Myanmar; Junta declined

Foreign Secretary Shringla stressed the need to put an end to any violence and maintain peace and stability in the border area, the MEA said in a press release on Shringla visit

2021, the year that was for world: A chaotic return to the usual

2021 started on a sour note for the democratic world and it remained under pressure from a dominant communist China

Shringla emphasises India seeks to see Myanmar's return to democracy

Foreign Secretary stressed the need to put an end to any violence and maintain peace and stability in border areas with India, says MEA

Over 80 missing in landslide at jade mine in Myanmar's Kachin state

Over 80 people went missing in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state in the early hours of Wednesday, Xinhua quoting a local village administration official reported.

Shringla leaves for Myanmar; to hold talks with leaders, civil society

The powerful State Administration Council (SAC) is headed by General Min Aung Hlaing

Myanmar court postpones latest Aung San Suu Kyi verdict: Report

The postponed verdict from the court in the capital, Naypyitaw, is for the second among multiple cases brought against the 76-year-old Nobel laureate

Myanmar reports 152 new Covid-19 cases, daily positivity rate at 1.32%

Myanmar reported 152 new Covid-19 infections with daily positivity rate of 1.32 per cent in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Sunday.

Over 2,500 Myanmar refugees flee to Thailand amid clashes: Reports

More than 2,500 people crossed into Thailand from Myanmar in the past two days to escape fighting between Myanmar troops and rebels, Sputnik reported citing Thai media on Friday.Somchai Kitcharoenrungroj, who leads the Thai province of Tak bordering the conflict-hit Karen state, said in a Thai Public Broadcasting Service report that there were hundreds of children among the refugees.Thai authorities are working to provide everyone with food and shelter, he added.Clashes between ethnic minority separatists from the Karen National Union and troops loyal to Myanmar's military government, in power since the February 1 coup, erupted this week after soldiers raided the province.In recent weeks, the UN Human Rights Office has received multiple reports of villages being burned, including protected structures, such as places of religious worship and residential buildings.Since the coup, General Min Aung Hlaing's forces have repeatedly failed to respect their obligations under international law

Myanmar public urges gas sanctions to stop military funding amid violence

The young woman in Myanmar decided to speak out when she realised that money from the company she loved was now in the hands of the military leaders she hated. She and her parents had long worked for Total Energies, the French company that operates a lucrative gas field off the coast of southern Myanmar with a state-owned enterprise. But in February, the military took over Myanmar's government and its bank accounts, including those that receive hundreds of millions of dollars each year from the Total gas field, known as Yadana. As military abuses such as the murder and detention of thousands have grown, the young woman joined others across Myanmar in a groundswell of support for targeted sanctions on oil and gas funds, the country's single largest source of foreign currency revenue. But Western governments most notably the United States and France have refused to take that step amid lobbying from energy company officials and resistance from countries such as Thailand, which gets

Antony Blinken says Biden administration weighing new sanctions on Myanmar

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is weighing tough new sanctions on Myanmar.

Myanmar shadow govt approves use of stablecoin, aims to help fundraise

Myanmar's shadow government said it would allow the use of the world's largest stablecoin, Tether, as an official currency

Myanmar's anti-junta govt recognises Tether as its 'official' currency

The National Unity Government officially accepts Tether, a cryptocurrency meant to be a dollar proxy, for "domestic use"

Appalled by alarming escalation of rights abuses in Myanmar: United Nations

More than 10 months since Myanmar's military seized power, the country's human rights situation is deepening on an unprecedented scale, the UN rights office, OHCHR, has warned.OHCHR, in a statement on Friday, said that it was "appalled by the alarming escalation of grave human rights abuses" in the country."In the last week alone, security forces have killed and burned to death 11 people, among them five minors, and rammed vehicles into protesters exercising their fundamental right to peaceful assembly", said Spokesperson Rupert Colville at a news briefing in Geneva.In addition, serious violations are "reported daily of the rights to life, liberty and security of person, the prohibition against torture, the right to a fair trial, and freedom of expression," he added.In recent weeks, the UN Human Rights Office has received multiple reports of villages being burned, including protected structures, such as places of religious worship and residential buildings.Since the coup, General Min .

Myanmar government rebuts massacre reports as 'conspiracy'

Myanmar's military-installed government has described as fake news reports that its troops were involved in a widely reported massacre in the country's northwest

Facebook broadens ban on military-linked Myanmar companies

It had already banned advertising from such businesses in February

Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion alleging role in violence

Rohingya refugees sued Facebook for $150 billion, accusing it of failing to stop hate speech that incited violence against the Muslim ethnic group by military rulers and their supporters in Myanmar

Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar violence

Rohingya refugees are suing Meta Platforms Inc for $150 billion over allegations that the social media company did not take action against anti-Rohingya hate speech that contributed to violence

Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 bn over Myanmar violence

Lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit Monday in California saying Facebook's arrival in Myanmar helped spread hate speech, misinformation and incitement to violence

UN General Assembly defers action on Afghanistan, Myanmar representatives

The UN General Assembly has decided to defer action on the representatives of Afghanistan and Myanmar, which means that the incumbent representatives will continue to represent their countries.