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Myanmar's ethnic rebels say they captured an airport in a new setback for the military government
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoBANGKOK (AP) — One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic minority groups battling the military...
Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar's civil war
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoBANGKOK (AP) — New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a...
UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoBANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations’ food agency on Tuesday strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses over the weekend in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine.
Myanmar's army is reportedly emptying villages in a western state to boost defenses against rebels
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’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 by ...
Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoBANGKOK (AP) — A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government denied accusations that army troops...
UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state
The Canadian Press - Olympics 2022 via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 months agoGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports”...
As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoA powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state...
Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoBANGKOK (AP) — Six months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition...
Powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to capture base and hundreds of soldiers
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoA powerful ethnic minority armed group battling Myanmar's army in the country's west claimed Monday to have taken hundreds of government soldiers prisoner when it captured a major command post ...
Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoGuerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government...