Rohingya among 80 freed from Australian detention

November 13, 2023

Eighty people have been released from Australian migrant detention centers since the High Court ruled last week that their indefinite detention was unconstitutional, the immigration minister said Monday, AP reports. A member of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority won freedom Wednesday when the court outlawed his indefinite detention. Australia has been unable to Continue Reading

Israel offers Gaza hospital evacuation for babies but fighting rages on

November 12, 2023

Israel’s army said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza’s largest hospital on Sunday, but Palestinian officials said people inside were still trapped, with two newborns dead and dozens at risk from a power outage amid intense fighting nearby, Reuters reports. Al-Shifa and other hospitals in northern Gaza, the focus of Israel’s month-old war […]Continue Reading

More Myanmar junta bases fall in Shan fighting: MNDAA

November 12, 2023

On Friday night it said it seized four Kokang outposts and another four positions near Xi Yuin Ji village between Laukkai and Chin Shwe Haw on Saturday morning, The Irrawaddy reports. MNDAA said that on Saturday morning it fired a rocket into the military’s northeastern headquarters in Lashio. The Brotherhood Alliance claims to have taken […]Continue Reading

Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility

November 12, 2023

A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed during clashes between the military and an insurgent group, both sides said, in another setback for a junta facing the biggest challenge to its rule since a coup in 2021. The jet went down over Kayah State in eastern Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, on Saturday during fighting […]Continue Reading

Iran President Raisi says action, not words, needed on Gaza

November 11, 2023

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the time had come for action over the conflict in Gaza rather than talk as he headed to Saudi Arabia to attend a summit on the war between Israel and Hamas militants, Reuters reports. “Gaza is not an arena for words. It should be for action,” Raisi […]Continue Reading

Arab and Muslim leaders call for immediate end to Gaza war

November 11, 2023

Saudi Arabia and Muslim countries called on Saturday for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, declaring at a joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh that Israel bears responsibility for “crimes” against Palestinians, Reuters reports, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, gathered Arab and Muslim leaders for the summit as Continue Reading

Hamas claims to destroy 6 Israeli tanks in Gaza

November 9, 2023

Palestinian group Hamas claimed Wednesday to have destroyed six Israeli tanks and two military vehicles in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said three tanks and two vehicles were struck by anti-armor shells north of Gaza City. Two more tanks were destroyed southwest of Gaza […]Continue Reading

Israel to begin four-hour ‘pauses’ in Gaza: US

November 9, 2023

Israel has agreed to daily four-hour military pauses in northern Gaza for humanitarian purposes, the White House said Thursday, even as President Joe Biden said there was no chance of a full ceasefire, AFP reports. Biden has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for longer breaks in the fighting after more than a month […]Continue Reading

Myanmar military regime says northern fighting could break country apart

November 9, 2023

Myint Swe, appointed as Myanmar’s president after the coup, has warned this month’s gains by an alliance of ethnic armed groups in areas bordering China risk breaking the country apart, in the military regime’s first acknowledgement of the challenge it is facing, Al Jazeera reports. The Three Brotherhood Alliance, a powerful ethnic armed grouping, launched […]Continue Reading

Thousands flee north Gaza as Israel, Hamas battle

November 8, 2023

Thousands of Palestinian civilians trudged in a forlorn procession out of the north of Gaza on Wednesday seeking refuge from Israeli air strikes and fierce ground fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants, Reuters reports. The exodus took place in a four-hour window of opportunity announced by Israel, which has told residents to evacuate the […]Continue Reading