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UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports”...
Myanmar's ethnic insurgents raise the pressure on military junta
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoSenior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, inspects officers during a parade to...
Myanmar army faces a new challenge as an armed ethnic group opens a new front in a western state
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoMyanmar’s military government faced a fresh challenge Monday when one of the armed ethnic groups in...
Meta’s Facebook Algorithms ‘Proactively’ Promoted Violence Against the Rohingya, New Amnesty...
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA woman checks Facebook on her phone in Yangon on Feb. 4, 2021, days after Myanmar’s generals seized...
Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 4 weeks agoBANGKOK (AP) — A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government denied accusations that army troops...
UN agency says Myanmar has suspended international aid deliveries to cyclone-hit areas
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoMyanmar’s military government has rescinded its approval for international organizations to...
Myanmar's worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoMyanmar's escalating conflict and worst violence since the military takeover in 2021 are having a...
Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoSix months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition forces have made...
Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription into an army they despise
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoThwel, a 25-year-old schoolteacher, saw very few options left to her after Myanmar’s military...
The most extreme weather events this year
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA woman carries her infant child as she looks over destruction wrought by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar. Wildfires, floods and heatwaves have continued to...