Israeli troops cut off Khan Younis after suffering worst Gaza loss

January 23, 2024

Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Israel’s worst day of losses in Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, as the White House said its envoy was having active discussions on ensuring the release of hostages and securing a humanitarian pause, Reuters reports. In the hours after the death toll from two separate incidents became clear, […]Continue Reading

Gaza: Israel loses 24 soldiers, its highest one-day death toll

January 23, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that Israel would not stop fighting in Gaza until “absolute victory” after it sustained its highest single-day death toll in the Palestinian enclave. Twenty-four soldiers were killed on Monday as intense fighting raged in the southern and central Gaza Strip, where Israel has been attacking remaining strongholds Continue Reading

Rohingya death toll at sea in 2023 worst for almost a decade: UN

January 23, 2024

At least 569 Rohingya were reported to have died or gone missing while trying to flee Myanmar or Bangladesh in 2023, the highest toll since 2014, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action to protect the ethnic minority group, Reuters reports. The deaths or disappearances occurred during attempted crossings of the […]Continue Reading

Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000

January 21, 2024

The toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct 7 has passed 25,000, health officials in the enclave said on Sunday, amid heavy Israeli strikes and street battles raging across the Hamas-run Strip, Reuters reports. Israeli forces and Hamas fighters clashed in several locations, from Jabalia in the north to Khan Younis […]Continue Reading

More than 80pc of the population of Myanmar’s Karenni State has been displaced by war

January 17, 2024

More than four-fifths of the people who live in Myanmar’s smallest state have fled their homes since the coup, according to the interim government of the resistance stronghold, The Irrawaddy reports. About 350,000 of the 420,000 people who live in Karenni State and an adjacent township in southern Shan State, Pekon, are now internally displaced […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s latest batch of military graduates faces brutal reality on front lines

January 17, 2024

Struggling with a recruitment crisis, desertions and heavy casualties amid daily clashes with resistance forces, Myanmar’s junta has just assigned over 500 fresh graduates from its military academies to battalions, The Irrawaddy reports. Cadets from the 65th intake of Defense Services Academy and 25th intake of Defense Services Technological Academy graduated in December Continue Reading

Britain declares ‘antisemitic’ Hizb ut-Tahrir as terrorist group

January 15, 2024

Britain on Monday declared global Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a proscribed terrorist group, making it a criminal offence to belong to what it described as an antisemitic organisation, Reuters reports. Britain’s proscription of the Sunni Islamist political group – which puts it on par with al-Qaeda or ISIS – will come into force from […]Continue Reading

Myanmar rebel group claims control of town bordering India, Bangladesh

January 15, 2024

An ethnic armed group in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine said it has taken control of a town bordering India and Bangladesh, marking the latest loss for the military government as it battles rebellion in several parts of the country, Reuters reports. Myanmar is in the throes of an insurgency on multiple fronts, where […]Continue Reading

Myanmar Junta Breaks Chinese-Brokered Ceasefire: TNLA

January 14, 2024

Myanmar’s junta has already broken Thursday’s ceasefire in northern Shan State with continuing airstrikes, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said, The Irrawaddy reports. Representatives of the Brotherhood Alliance and the regime met in the Chinese city of Kunming on Wednesday and Thursday. They agreed an immediate ceasefire and to resolve issues through dialogue. Continue Reading

Myanmar junta boss in talks with Thai military chief

January 14, 2024

Myanmar junta boss Min Aung Hlaing and Thailand’s armed forces chief General Songwit Noonpackdee on Friday reportedly discussed online gambling and telecom fraud, especially in Myawaddy on the Thai border, The Irrawaddy reports. A junta website said the online meeting was also attended by Thailand’s Air Chief Marshal Chakorn Tawanjang and Lieutenant General Ye Win […]Continue Reading