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Myanmar junta starts census, critics say its gathering details of opponents

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Myanmar junta starts census, critics say its gathering details of opponents

A soldiers provides security to census enumerators who collect information in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on October 1, 2024 as the country holds a national census to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends. | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s military government launched a nationwide census was on Tuesday, which the…

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Myanmar junta bombs opposition-held town hours after talks offer

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Myanmar junta bombs opposition-held town hours after talks offer

Myanmar’s junta carried out fresh air strikes on an opposition-held town Friday (September 27, 2024), hours after issuing an unprecedented invitation to its enemies for talks on the country’s civil war. Thursday’s surprise call for discussions was likely a sop to main ally China and a nudge towards controversial fresh elections, analysts said, and two…

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100% Correct, Says Manipur Security Adviser Kuldiep Singh On Intelligence Report 900 Kuki Militants Entered From Myanmar

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100% Correct, Says Manipur Security Adviser Kuldiep Singh On Intelligence Report 900 Kuki Militants Entered From Myanmar

Manipur Security Adviser Kuldiep Singh speaks to reporters Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: The Security Adviser to the Manipur government today for the first time publicly confirmed they have received an intelligence report that alerted about the entry of “900 Kuki militants” trained in jungle warfare and use of weaponised drones to Manipur from neighbouring Myanmar. The intelligence…

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How India Is Aiding Typhoon-Hit Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam; Drought-Hit Namibia

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How India Is Aiding Typhoon-Hit Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam; Drought-Hit Namibia

India sent the 32-tonne consignment to Myanmar on an IL-76 transport aircraft New Delhi: India has sent a second tranche of relief supplies to Myanmar under its Operation Sadbhav, which was launched two days ago to help Southeast Asian countries deal with Typhoon Yagi. Massive floods have wreaked destruction in various parts of Myanmar, Laos…

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India sends assistance to flood-hit Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

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India sends assistance to flood-hit Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

New Delhi: Security personnel dispatch relief material to Typhoon Yagi-hit Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos. | Photo Credit: PTI India launched Operation Sadbhav to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) to Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam that have been hit by severe flooding caused by Typhoon Yagi. India has committed $1mn worth of flood relief assistance…

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Bangladesh ramps up border vigilance as thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar

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Bangladesh ramps up border vigilance as thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar

Rohingya refugees wait outside a relief distribution centre at a refugee camp in Ukhia on September 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh has ramped up vigilance at its border with Myanmar, with at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslims crossing over in recent months to escape escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, officials in Dhaka…

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Myanmar junta chief warns of ‘counterattacks’ in opponent-held areas

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Myanmar junta chief warns of ‘counterattacks’ in opponent-held areas

Media reports say that Gen. Min Aung Hlaing accused the People’s Defence Forces of using “administrative buildings and innocent civilians as human shields”. File | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s embattled junta chief has warned civilians in territory recently captured by ethnic minority armed groups to prepare for military counterattacks, state media reported on Wednesday. The…

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War crimes escalating in Myanmar: U.N. investigators

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War crimes escalating in Myanmar: U.N. investigators

This photo taken on August 10, 2024 shows a burnt-out building in Lashio in Myanmar’s northern Shan State, following fighting between Myanmar’s military and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the region. | Photo Credit: AFP Crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the Myanmar military have “escalated at an alarming rate”, U.N….

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Myanmar junta, ethnic armed group claim control of military regional HQ

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Myanmar junta, ethnic armed group claim control of military regional HQ

File picture of Army officers stand guard as police officers patrol in Lashio, northern Shan State, Myanmar. | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s junta and an ethnic minority armed group both claimed on July 25 they were in control of a town and regional military command in northern Shan state following days of clashes. Fighting has…

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