(MENAFN) The United Nations has strongly condemned a military airstrike in Myanmar that killed at least 32 people during a festival, according to reports. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed that he was “alarmed” by accounts of the...
(MENAFN) At least 32 people lost their lives and more than 50 were wounded when Myanmar’s military junta bombed a Buddhist festival in the country’s northwestern region, according to a local news outlet on Tuesday. The assault, which occurred on...
(MENAFN) A deadly aerial attack on a Buddhist festival and protest in central Myanmar has killed at least 24 people and injured 47 others, according to statements from the exiled National Unity Government. The assault took place in Chaung U...
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued a stark warning that elections conducted under the authority of Myanmar’s military regime will likely intensify the country’s ongoing turmoil. He emphasized that...
On 28 March 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, compounding the needs of communities already affected by years of conflict. Since then, the ICRC, in collaboration with the Myanmar Red Cross Society and local partners, has...
The disaster is estimated to have left around 4.3 million people in need of clean water and sanitation assistance across the Southeast Asian country, forcing many to resort to unsafe sources for their daily needs. In Sagaing Region, one of the...
(MENAFN) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on the international community on Tuesday to increase assistance for Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups from Myanmar, warning that gaps in funding are placing lives at...
(MENAFN) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, cautioned on Tuesday that upcoming elections in Myanmar under military rule are likely to escalate violence, particularly as the situation for the Rohingya and other...
(MENAFN) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Tuesday appealed to the global community to intensify its assistance for the Rohingya Muslim population and other minority groups originating from Myanmar. He cautioned...
Scam city: a part of KK Park, the biggest scam centre in the cluster of 27 around Myawaddy, Myanmar - Copyright AFP Lillian SUWANRUMPHA Isabel Kua with Matthew Walsh in Lincang, China; Nalini Lepetit-Chella in Paris; and AFP teams in Mae Sot,...
Scam centres in Myanmar blamed for swindling billions from victims across the world are expanding fast just months after a crackdown that was supposed to eradicate them, an AFP investigation has found. New buildings have been springing up inside...
MAE SOT (Thailand), Oct 14 — Scam centres in Myanmar blamed for swindling billions from victims across the world are expanding fast just months after a crackdown that was supposed to eradicate them, an AFP investigation has found. New buildings...
October 14, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 37 Myanmar detained 31 Chinese nationals, 15 Filipinos, four Indonesians and one Pakistani, totalling 51 individuals, involved in telecom fraud and other criminal activities in Kayin State, yesterday. Between...
The Human Rights Council organized an Enhanced Interactive Dialogue (EID) during its 60th session, which was held from 8 September 2025 to 8 October 2025, concerning the reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and on the...
Last month, the US sanctioned nine people connected to Shwe Kokko and Chinese criminal kingpin She Zhijiang, founder of the multistorey Yatai New City centre there. Senator Maggie Hassan, the leading Democrat on the US Congressional committee, has...
As Myanmar elevates its cultural standards, the nation’s stature and dignity will rise accordingly, empowering it to stand with pride and distinction among the world’s nations. Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Chairman of...
A powerful bipartisan committee in the US Congress says it has begun an investigation into the involvement of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite business in providing internet access to Myanmar scam centres, blamed for swindling billions from victims...
KUALA LUMPUR: ASEAN member states will collectively determine the bloc’s position regarding Myanmar’s planned elections and its invitation for member countries to send election observers. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan stressed that no...
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has touted the Dec 28 election as a way to end the civil war which has raged since the military deposed the government of democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021. (EPA Images pic) PETALING JAYA: Asean has been urged...
