Myanmar

A devastating heat wave has struck central Myanmar, with scorching temperatures killing nearly 100 people in just four days, RFA reported yesterday. The hardest-hit region was Monywa township in Sagaing, where the elderly and sick, including infants as young as…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has expressed deep alarm over a resurgence of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, warning of the potential for further “atrocity crimes” amid heightened inter-communal tensions, TRTWorld reported yesterday. In a statement…

In the latest escalation of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, about 30 members of the Rohingya minority have been killed in clashes between the military junta and ethnic Buddhist insurgents, RFA reported yesterday. Airstrikes by the junta forces targeting the…

Myanmar’s junta forces have intensified their assault on ethnic minority insurgents in western Rakhine State, carrying out artillery strikes and airstrikes that have left at least 15 civilians dead and 16 wounded, RFA reported yesterday. The junta’s air force also…

In one of the deadliest incidents in Myanmar’s ongoing conflict, junta forces reportedly killed 32 civilians hiding in monasteries in Sagaing region on Saturday, RFA reported. According to the news agency, a column of junta troops entered Let Htoke Taw…

Airstrikes carried out by Myanmar’s military junta have killed at least 16 people, including a child, and injured 25 others in an attack targeting opponents of military rule, RFA reported on Friday. The deadly incident occurred on Thursday morning when…

Myanmar is facing a devastating humanitarian crisis as the number of people displaced by ongoing conflict has now surpassed 3 million, marking a “bleak milestone” for the country, according to an article by Al Jazeera published yesterday citing the United…

On Saturday, a heavy weapons attack in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State resulted in the deaths of two people and left 15 others injured, Xinhua reported yesterday citing the State Administration Council’s Information Team. The attack, carried out by the Arakan…

More than 300 Rohingya men from villages near Rakhine state’s capital have been forced to attend mandatory military training by Myanmar’s junta troops over the last few days, RFA reported yesterday. This comes after about 1,000 Rohingya from elsewhere in…

Nearly 80 people have lost their lives at refugee camps in western Myanmar within three weeks due to poor living conditions, Radio Free Asia reported yesterday quoting displaced people and aid workers. The highest number of fatalities were recorded at…