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Myanmar faces ‘alarming’ risk of escalating civil war: UN

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar is facing the alarming prospect of an escalating civil war as an uprising against the…

Thousands flee Myanmar town after clashes with junta troops

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Thousands have fled a town in west Myanmar after days of fighting between anti-junta dissidents and…

UN warned of ‘dire’ Covid situation in Myanmar: Half of population could become infected in 2 weeks

  UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- Britain warned the United Nations Security Council Thursday that half of coup-wracked Myanmar's population of…

Confidante of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi dies after contracting Covid in junta jail

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- A confidante of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and stalwart democracy campaigner died Tuesday…

75 children killed, around 1,000 detained since Myanmar coup: UN experts

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Dozens of children have been killed and hundreds arbitrarily detained in Myanmar since a coup…

ASEAN envoys in Myanmar for talks with junta chief

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Envoys from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations arrived in Myanmar Thursday for talks with junta…

Police and soldiers killed in eastern Myanmar amid heavy fighting

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Dozens of Myanmar security force members were killed Sunday, rebel fighters said, after heavy fighting in…

Myanmar’s post-coup civilian death toll climbs past 700

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- A security guard was wounded in a bomb blast outside a military-owned bank in Myanmar's second-biggest…

Thailand faces meth trafficking surge after Myanmar coup

  by Lisa MARTIN Agence France Presse NONG KAI, Thailand (AFP) -- A village watchman trains his binoculars on a…

UN says 38 dead in Myanmar’s ‘bloodiest’ day since coup

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- At least 38 people died Wednesday in the "bloodiest" day of Myanmar's crisis, the United…

Six dead as Myanmar security forces fire at protesters

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- At least six people were killed as Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters Wednesday,…

PHL calls for immediate release of Suu Kyi, a “complete return” to Myanmar’s “previously existing state of affairs”

(Eagle News) -- The Philippines called for the "immediate release" of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for…

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