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'No sign' of end to brutal crackdown in Myanmar: UN
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): One hundred days since the Myanmar military coup, the "brutal" repression of protesters has continued, despite all international efforts to end the violence, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday (local time).
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Myanmar military deploys Chinese drones to guide its lethal clampdown on p
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 9 (ANI): As violent protests continue in the country, Myanmar's military has deployed Chinese-made drones to survey the situation and to guide its lethal clampdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.
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Myanmar's junta brands ousted lawmakers terrorists
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 9 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta has designated the National Unity Government ousted in a February coup, and its defense force as terrorist groups, NHK World reports.
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Attack on strategic pipeline in Myanmar threatens China's investment
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 7 (ANI): As violent protest continues to mount in Myanmar causing disruption throughout the country, Chinese energy companies contracted to build power plants in the nation are considering exiting the market.
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Coast Guard apprehends Myanmarese poachers in Indian Exclusive Economic Zo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has apprehended four Myanmarese poachers fishing illegally in Indian waters off Barren Island, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
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Series of explosions in Myanmar's Bago region kills 5
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 4 (ANI): At least five people were killed after a series of explosions went off in the Central Bago region of Myanmar on Monday, as protests against the hostile military continue.
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Parcel bomb kills NLD lawmaker, 4 others in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 4 (ANI): As many as five people died in a parcel bomb explosion in the city of Bago on Monday, including an ousted member of parliament from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), according to local media reports.
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8 killed as Myanmar security forces open fire on 'spring revolution' prote
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): Three months after a coup plunged Myanmar into crisis on February 1, as many as eight people were killed as security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against the military rule in the country.
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Myanmar residents call on Japan to recognise anti-military body as legitim
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 3 (ANI): Thousands of Myanmarese residents in Japan took the streets to call upon Tokyo to recognise the National Unity Government (NUG), an organisation set up in opposition to the February 1 military coup, as Myanmar's legitimate governing body.
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Myanmar's military govt blocks social media, internet to gain control over
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): The Burmese military regime has arrested journalists and banned independent media in order to gain control over information and crackdown on protesters and the opposition movement.
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Myanmar's civil war spreading from remote frontier areas to urban centres
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chiang Mai [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): Unclaimed attacks on Myanmar military airbases signal a possible spread of civil war from remote frontier areas to urban centres.
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Myanmar: 5 killed as security forces open fire on protestors
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 2 (ANI): Myanmar security forces on Sunday opened fire on protestors demonstrating against the military junta in the several cities of the country and killed at least five people.
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