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2d ago
The UN refugee chief says the number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million and is climbing because nations have failed to tackle the causes and combatants refusing to comply with international law ..read more
The Independent » Myanmar News
5d ago
A new United Nations report says East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs ..read more
The Independent » Myanmar News
1w ago
The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it ..read more
The Independent » Myanmar News
1w ago
Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project ..read more
The Independent » Myanmar News
1w ago
Arakan Army rebels accused of targeting Rohingya Muslims in Buthidaung town near Bangladesh border ..read more
The Independent » Myanmar News
2w ago
Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found ..read more
The Independent » Myanmar News
3w ago
Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war ..read more
The Independent » Myanmar News
1M ago
South and Southeast Asian countries have been coping with a weekslong heat wave rendering record high temperatures that have posed a severe health risk ..read more
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1M ago
Amnesty International says the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar ..read more
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1M ago
A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians has submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide against them ..read more