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MilitaryMyanmar rebels claim military helicopter downing
A leading Myanmar ethnic rebel army said it had shot down a military helicopter on Monday, a day after a renewed junta crackdown on anti-coup protests left at least five civilians dead
NATO says Afghanistan withdrawal has begun
NATO has started the withdrawal of its mission from Afghanistan following a decision by President Joe Biden to bring US forces home, an alliance official said Thursday
Senators urge Biden to impose more sanctions on Myanmar junta
A bipartisan group of US senators have urged the Biden administration to slap more sanctions on the military junta in Myanmar, including choking revenues to a state energy company, in response to its ...
Indonesia military says missing submarine sank with dozens aboard
Debris has been recovered from a missing Indonesian submarine, the country's navy said Saturday, suggesting that the stricken vessel could have broken apart after sinking with 53 crew aboard
Chad president Idriss Deby killed on frontline, son to take over
Chad's President Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in Africa, has been killed on the frontline ...
Myanmar youth fight internet outages with underground newsletter
Myanmar youth are fighting the junta’s internet shutdown and information suppression with an explosive underground printed newsletter they are secretly distributing across communities
Pope shares solidarity with Myanmar youth as protesters decorate Easter eggs
Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar decorated boiled eggs on Sunday, as Pope Francis in his Easter message expressed solidarity with the country's youth.
Multinational military exercise "Shantir Ogroshena" to begin 4 Apr
Multinational military exercise "Shantir Ogroshena - 2021 (Front Runner of the Peace) will be held in Bangladesh from 4-12 April marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh ...
Myanmar crackdown death toll passes 500
More than 500 people have been killed in the Myanmar junta's brutal crackdown on protests against its coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a local monitoring group said Tuesday
Thousands flee to Thailand after Myanmar army's air strikes on villages
About 3,000 villagers from Myanmar's south-eastern Karen state fled to Thailand on Sunday following air attacks by the army on an area held by an ethnic armed group, an activist group and local media ...
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