Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash, official says

May 20, 2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province, Reuters reports. “President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash,” Continue Reading

Three KNF terrorists killed in gunfight with army in Bandarban

May 19, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Three members of the Kuki Chin National Army (KNA), the armed wing of the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF), were killed in a gunfight with the army in the Ruma Upazila of Bandarban on Sunday, officials said. The confrontation occurred around noon in the Rounin Para area near the Ruma-Roangchhari border, according to […]Continue Reading

Bawm community protests against KNF terrorism

May 19, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Bawm community organised a human chain protest condemning the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) for its involvement in bank robbery, kidnapping, and looting of weapons in Ruma and Thanchi upazilas of Bandarban. On Sunday afternoon, men, women, and children from the Bawm community gathered in front of the Ujani Para ICC Complex […]Continue Reading

Myanmar rebel group claims control of town, denies targeting Rohingya

May 19, 2024

A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar said on Sunday it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it had targeted members of the Muslim-minority Rohingya during the offensive, Reuters reports. Khine Thu Kha, a spokesman for the Arakan Army (AA), said its soldiers […]Continue Reading

10 RE Battalion provides financial assistance to Buddhist monastery

May 19, 2024

KAPTAI CORRESPONDENT The 10 RE Battalion extended financial assistance to Dhanpata Bana Vihar, a Buddhist monastery, in celebration of ‘Buddha Purnima,’ organised by the Rangamati Region. On Sunday afternoon (May 19), Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Sohel PSC, commander of the 10 RE Battalion, handed over the financial aid to the Vihar’s chief monk. During Continue Reading

Helicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashes, search under way

May 19, 2024

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident, Reuters reports. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were “at […]Continue Reading

KIA claims Myanmar junta helicopter shot down

May 19, 2024

A Myanmar junta helicopter was reportedly shot down in Waingmaw Township on Saturday morning as the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacks fresh regime targets, The Irrawaddy reports. The KIA and its allies attacked Infantry Battalion 321 headquarters and 10 junta outposts in Waingmaw Township on Saturday, according to the armed group. KIA spokesman Colonel Naw […]Continue Reading

UN, ASEAN urged to act to save Rohingya from further genocide

May 19, 2024

NEWS DESK Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia urgently called on the United Nations, ASEAN, and the wider international community to take immediate action in order to prevent the mass killing of Rohingya who are under siege by the Arakan Army in northern Rakhine State. “We are extremely alarmed and concerned by reports that the Arakan Army […]Continue Reading

Armed ethnic group says it captured Myanmar town; Rohingyas flee

May 19, 2024

A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military government, Associated Press reports. Members of the state’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic Continue Reading

Western volunteers join the battle against Myanmar’s military regime

May 19, 2024

An ex-British soldier and an American fighter are among a small but growing number of foreigners training and fighting alongside anti-coup forces in the war against Myanmar’s military regime, Al Jazeera reports. The volunteers say they were inspired by Myanmar’s resistance, which has stood up to one of the most brutal and well-equipped militaries in […]Continue Reading