Tensions Between National Army And Mon Rebels Flare on Myanmar-Thai Border
Myanmar military officer held talks on Thursday with ethnic Mon rebels in a bid to ease tensions at a village on the country’s border with Thailand, where more than 1,000 residents have sought shelter in monasteries and rubber plantations amid recent h…
UN asks the world to invest $29 billion in humanity in 2020 [EN/AR/ES/FR/RU/ZH]
A record 168 million people worldwide will need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2020. Protracted conflicts, extreme weather events and crumbling economies have pushed millions to the brink of survival. Humanitarian organizations today presen…
Bangladesh Bars Rohingya Children from Education, Human Rights Watch Says
Bangladesh has prohibited humanitarian aid groups from teaching Rohingya children a formal curriculum and barred school-age refugees from accessing education outside their camps to block them from integrating with local communities, Human Rights Watch …
Shelling Blast Kills Mother And Two Small Children in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Mortar shelling in Myanmar’s war-ravaged northern Rakhine state on Monday night killed three civilians, including two children, and injured six others, with local residents blaming the government military for the deadly attack amid ongoing fighting wit…
Mixed Reviews For Aung San Suu Kyi’s Plan to Defend Myanmar in Rohingya Genocide Case
The looming Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at the U.N.’s top court has brought shows of support for state counselor and defense team leader Aung San Suu Kyi from her ruling party and some ethnic groups, but many say Myanmar’s army deserves to b…
Myanmar Rights Commission Declines to Conduct Rakhine Abuse Investigation
Myanmar’s human rights commission will not investigate alleged abuses committed against civilian detainees in war-ravaged northern Rakhine state, including deaths in custody of the government military, unless the army first finds soldiers guilty of suc…
Freed Taliban Prisoner Believes SEAL Teams Attempted Rescues
SYDNEY – An Australian teacher held captive with an American colleague by the Taliban for more than three years believes U.S. special forces tried and failed six times to free them.Timothy Weeks was released last month in a prisoner swap along with Kev…