22 kg of heroin seized in Myanmar
Yangon/UNI: Myanmar authorities have seized 22 kilograms of heroin in the country's central region of Mandalay, according to a statement from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) late Sunday.
Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert
Bangladesh must “immediately suspend” a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they face “serious risks” to their lives and freedom, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Thursday.
Time running out to save Myanmar’s Rakhine from hunger and disease post-Cyclone Mocha
New York: More than two weeks after deadly Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar, aid access is uncertain, disease is spreading, and a major food crisis remains a very real threat, the UN said on Friday.
Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar-Bangladesh coastline, over 4 lakh people evacuated from Cox Bazar
New Delhi/IBNS: The extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Mocha' hit the coastlines of Myanmar-Bangladesh coast on Sunday, with a maximum sustained wind speed of over 200 Km/h, which could see dangerous flooding on land around the Bay of Bengal.
UN expert urges Japan to ‘step up pressure’ on Myanmar junta
New York: Japan must assume a greater leadership role to address the deteriorating crisis in Myanmar and “step up pressure on the country’s military junta”, a UN-appointed independent rights expert urged on Friday.
Myanmar is building spy base on Coco Islands, Chinese hand doubted
Coco Islands: Satellite images have revealed that Myanmar's Coco Islands, which is located at a strategically crucial point in the Bay of Bengal, is witnessing a steady makeover with tell-tale signs of military modernization and facilities to support aircraft, media reports said.
More than two years on, impact of Myanmar military coup ‘devastating’
New York: Violence resulting from the brutal military coup is continuing inside Myanmar on an “alarming scale” the UN Special Envoy told a meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday.
Myanmar: Social media companies urged to stand up to junta
New York: UN-appointed independent rights experts on Myanmar have urged social media companies to do more to resist the military junta’s “online campaign of terror”.
‘Hope is rare now in Myanmar’, UN Human Rights Council hears
New York: The Myanmar military has continuously used arbitrary lethal violence against its own people amid an expanding humanitarian emergency, and a worsening economic crisis, the UN rights chief told the Human Rights Council on Monday.
Myanmar: Tatmadaw army’s ‘scorched earth’ policy in spotlight
New York: Two years since a military coup in Myanmar, the UN rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday that the generals’ “scorched earth” policy had left thousands of civilians dead, 80 per cent of townships impacted by fighting and the army “stretched so thin” on the ground, that it resorts to airstrikes.
Myanmar junta is selling Rakhine's natural gas to China: Reports
Naypyidaw: Myanmar's military junta has been selling Rakhine’s natural gas to China and it has sold over USD 1.43 billion worth of it in 2022, media reports said.
Myanmar declares martial law in 37 towns
Yangon/UNI: Myanmar's State Administration Council has declared martial law in 37 towns of four regions and four states in the Southeast Asian country.
New York: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for Member States to urge the military leadership in Myanmar to respect the will and needs of its own people, as risks to regional stability grow.
Myanmar: Car crash leaves five people dead
Yangon: At least five people died when a passenger bus collided with a probox car on Friday evening in southern Myanmar, according to a traffic policeman.
Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk
New York: Nearly two years on from Myanmar’s brutal military coup against the democratically-elected government, the country has sunk deeper than ever into crisis, undergoing a wholesale regression in human rights, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.