Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos (news agencies) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and ...
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Myanmar’s civil war has seen a devastating increase in attacks on schools, researchers say
BANGKOK (news agencies) — An intensification of fighting in Myanmar’s civil war has brought a sharp increase in destructive attacks ...
Read moreNew players emerge in fighting in Myanmar’s northeast, as powerful ethnic militias intervene
BANGKOK (news agencies) — Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the military government and ethnic minority militias ...
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Kin, community demand accountability for fatal NY police shooting of 13-year-old boy
Relatives of a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police in central New York were demanding justice as ...
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Video shows NY officer fatally shooting 13-year-old on ground. Police say he pointed a replica gun
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Video released late Saturday shows an officer in upstate New York fatally shooting a 13-year-old ...
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World Bank cuts Myanmar’s growth forecast to 1% as conflict worsens
Economic growth in conflict-torn Myanmar will be around 1% for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the World Bank said on Wednesday, ...
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UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (news agencies) — Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with ...
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India’s Manipur state rejects Modi’s BJP after year-long ethnic clashes
GUWAHATI: India’s main opposition Congress party bagged both parliamentary seats in strife-torn Manipur in the general election as the north-eastern ...
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As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again
BANGKOK (news agencies) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine ...
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