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

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

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

Rohingya being forcibly conscripted in battle between Myanmar and rebels

May 14, 2024

For more than four hours Abdullah* waited in the darkness as soldiers marched 30 of his neighbours from their homes in the Myanmar border state of Rakhine and forced them by gunpoint to join him on the truck that would take them all to a military base. By the morning they were standing in front […]Continue Reading

UN General Assembly set to back Palestinian bid for membership

May 10, 2024

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognizing it as qualified to join and sending the application back to the UN Security Council to “reconsider the matter favourably,” Reuters reports. The Palestinians are reviving their bid to become a full UN […]Continue Reading

Five more BGP members take refuge in Bangladesh

May 10, 2024

COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT Five more members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) have sought refuge in Bangladesh, escaping through Sabrang Point on the Naf River in Teknaf sub-district of Cox’s Bazar, amid ongoing internal conflicts in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday. The members entered Bangladesh around 11 a.m. local time on Thursday via a motorboat Continue Reading