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Amid post-coup Great Game in Myanmar, China's support for military govt gr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chiang Mai, [Thailand], June 12 (ANI): Even as many nations, including the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Myanmar's military junta following the February 1 coup, China has declared its support for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing-led government.
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Myanmar authorities arrest 638 suspects for terror acts, illegal possessio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar authorities have recently arrested a total of 638 suspects for committing terror acts and illegally possessing firearms, state-run media reported Friday.
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Myanmar's military hits Aung San Suu Kyi with new charges of corruption
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 10 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta on Thursday levelled new corruption charges against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other former officials from her government, National League for Democracy (NLD).
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Twelve killed in Myanmar Air Force plane crash
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 10 (ANI): Twelve people were killed as a Myanmar Air Force military transport plane crashed in a mountainous area in the country's Mandalay region, the local media reports said on Thursday.
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UN rights envoy warns of 'mass deaths' in Myanmar's Kayah as 100,000 flee
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): A United Nations rights expert has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation, disease and exposure in the Kayah State of Myanmar after 1,00,000 civilians fled following "brutal, indiscriminate attacks" by the military.
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Japan's lower house adopts resolution condemning military coup in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 9 (ANI): Japan's lower house has adopted a resolution condemning the February 1 military coup in Myanmar and urged the country to return to democratic rule.
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Will achieve target of producing billion vaccine doses for South Asia regi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI): President Joe Biden's policy coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region Kurt Campbell on Tuesday said that he is confident of completing the target of production of a billion vaccine doses for the region by the end of year 2022.
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ASEAN submits lists of nominees for special envoy to Myanmar military regi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 7 (ANI): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) presented a list of nominations for the post of Myanmar's special envoy in the organisation to Tatmadaw (Myanmar military).
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Global Journalism community criticises Myanmar for jailing two scribes on
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday accused the Myanmar military of jailing two journalists on trumped-up charges and demanded their release.
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Myanmar: Schools reopen with low attendance as teachers, students continue
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 1 (ANI): Primary schools in Myanmar, which reopened on Tuesday, have reported low attendance as teachers and students continue to protest against the military coup on February 1.
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NSA in Trump admin Michael Flynn appears to suggest Myanmar-like coup 'sho
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 1 (ANI): Michael Flynn, former national security adviser in the Trump administration, appeared to suggest that a Myanmar-style coup, in which the military overthrew a democratically elected government, "should happen" in the US.
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Myanmar: 840 people killed so far as military crackdown continues
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 31 (ANI): As the military crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar continues, as many as 840 people have been killed so far, including three people on Sunday, according to the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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