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Israel to join Russia and Hamas on the UN's global list tracking the violation of children's rights in armed conflicts
Tensions between the UN and Jerusalem as Israel is set to be added to a global list of children's r…
Rebecca Rommen
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A bizarre comment stirred speculation India may try to match China's carrier fleet
India is building a 3rd aircraft carrier and the country's defense minister suggested that more may…
Michael Peck
Women are joining Myanmar militia, breaking with tradition to fight on the front lines
Women in Myanmar are upending cultural norms by enlisting in the fight against the military junta t…
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Global military spending saw its steepest spike in more than a decade, with the US vastly outspending everyone else
Global military spending hit record highs of $2443 billion in 2023, according to the Stockholm Inte…
Thibault Spirlet
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A young engineer 3D prints drones for rebel forces fighting Myanmar's military dictatorship. 'My parents would kill me' if they knew, he says.
The engineer, who goes by the alias 3D, first printed semiautomatic rifles before producing drones …
Lloyd Lee
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US agents fooled a yakuza boss into giving them weapons-grade plutonium he thought would be sold to Iran: court docs
Takeshi Ebisawa was charged with illegaly trafficking nuclear material after a sting operation, pro…
Mikhaila Friel,Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to a further 7 years in prison, bringing total to 33 years
The 77-year-old Nobel laureate will likely spend the rest of her life in prison after a military co…
Marielle Descalsota
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Cyclone Hamoon makes landfall in coastal Bangladesh: IMD
Cyclonic Storm 'Hamoon' over coastal Bangladesh has commenced the landfall process and is set to we…
ANI
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Adani Ports concludes sale of Myanmar Port for $30 million to unnamed buyer
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has announced the sale of its Myanmar Port for $30m to an uni…
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Myanmar civilian leader and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi given 4 year sentence following a closed-door trial
Suu Kyi and deposed President Win Myint were found guilty of inciting unrest and violating COVID-19…
Cheryl Teh
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US journalist Danny Fenster released 3 days after he was sentenced to 11 years in a Myanmar prison
Fenster was arrested while trying to leave Myanmar in May, soon after the military staged a coup an…
Sinéad Baker
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An asylum seeker from Myanmar was rescued by New Zealand after jumping from a cargo ship and surviving 23 hours in the freezing ocean
Min Naing, 27, was a crewman on a logging ship passing New Zealand, local media said. He stole an i…
Bill Bostock
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China has a reputation for exporting shoddy weapons, but its sales may get a boost from Russia's blunders in Ukraine
Foreign buyers are drawn to the cut-rate pricing and financing of Chinese-made military equipment, …
Michael Peck
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Myanmar Army rains artillery on a town held by a civilian resistance group
The resistance group is led by armed local policemen, angry youths armed with locally made wea…
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Over 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar since the military took control more than 6 months ago, according to a human rights group
In the months since the coup, the military has launched an all-out campaign against its own citizen…
Erin Snodgrass
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Myanmar's military leader claims role of prime minister, vows to stay in power at least another 2 years
Gen. Min Aung Hlaing vowed to hold multi-party elections before the state of emergency ends.
Vanessa Gu
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The Myanmar military is hoarding oxygen amid a deadly surge of COVID-19 and the ongoing coup, doctors say
Charity workers told The New York Times that the military regime has also restricted charities from…
Erin Snodgrass
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Jade mining in Myanmar is a $31 billion industry, and it's now in the hands of the corrupt military junta
A military coup in February has given Burmese junta leaders free rein of the jade mines in Myanmar,…
Matthew Loh
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Armed rebels have declared war on the Myanmar junta, and the country is gearing up for all-out urban warfare
Violence in Myanmar took on a new tone on Tuesday when armed members of the People's Defense Force …
Cheryl Teh
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Michael Flynn denies suggesting a Myanmar-style military coup should happen in the US
Video of the interaction circulated across social media, though Flynn claimed Monday the "media" wa…