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Myanmar's army is reportedly emptying villages in a western state to boost defenses against rebels
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMyanmar’s military has been emptying villages on the outskirts of the capital of the western state of Rakhine as part of an evident effort to defend against expected attacks ...
Insight: Learning from Myanmar's rebels, junta builds new Chinese drone fleet
Reuters· 20 hours agoMyanmar's resistance fighters notched decisive breakthroughs last year by relying on a scattered...
Myanmar poverty deepens, economic growth stagnant, World Bank says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn December, the World Bank had projected Myanmar's economy would grow by around 2% during the...
'My 17-year-old was brutally killed, but I'm glad she fought for freedom'
BBC via AOL· 7 days agoThe dead siblings' parents, Lalthantluangi and Lalzidinga, have a surviving daughter, Hadaci...
Sudan tops UN envoy’s concerns about children caught in conflicts, with Congo and Haiti next
FOX 4 Kansas City· 4 hours agoUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations envoy charged with reporting on violations against children...
Aspects of US restrictions on asylum-seekers may violate international protections, UNHCR chief says
Associated Press· 1 day agoFilippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, spoke to The Associated Press as his agency...
How Myanmar’s Wood Funds Its Brutal Military
Foreign Policy Magazine· 4 days agoMyanmar is the most violent place in the world, ranking just above Syria and Palestine, according to data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data...
Jury Holds Chiquita Brands Liable in Paramilitary Case
The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle· 2 days agoIn a landmark decision by a Florida federal court, Chiquita Brands International has been deemed...
Nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, UNHCR report says
NPR· 21 hours agoAnd then we have new crises and new wars," says Clements. The conflict...But another vast conflict has roiled the African nation of Sudan for more than a year now, with more than 10 million ...
Bangladesh, Egypt, Myanmar and Turkey Among Worst for Workers’ Rights: Report
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThe International Trade Union Confederation released its annual Global Rights Index this week,...