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Myanmar’s Rakhine State sees ‘dramatic’ hunger rise after aid cutbacks
Myanmar Now
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August 13, 2025
One of Myanmar’s most conflict-ravaged subdivisions has witnessed a “dramatic rise in hunger” after US aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Programme said Tuesday. Western Rakhine State has seen...
Myanmar passport online appointments now available within days instead of months
Eleven Myanmar
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According to the appointment schedules posted by the Myanmar Passport Issuance Office, those applying for or renewing passports online no longer need to wait months for an appointment, as bookings can now be made within just a few days. As of...
Myanmar junta arrests children as young as two and uses ‘systematic torture’, says UN
The Independent
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August 13, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Myanmar air strike kills eight in stranded civilian convoy near Mandalay
The Sun Daily
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August 13, 2025
YANGON: A Myanmar military air strike struck a civilian supply convoy stranded between junta forces and anti-coup rebels near Mandalay, killing at least eight people according to local witnesses. Two residents from Sagaing region confirmed the...
Myanmar air strike on stranded convoy kills eight: residents
East Coast Radio
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Myanmar's embattled military has increasingly deployed its air force to fend off the myriad of opponents facing it in a civil war it sparked with a 2021 coup, but civilian casualties are commonplace. Two local residents in the central Sagaing...
Myanmar junta is detaining and torturing children as young as 2, U.N. report says
NBC News
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August 13, 2025
U.N.-backed investigators say they have found significant evidence of “systematic torture” at Myanmar detention centers, where the military government is holding children as young as 2 years old as proxies for their parents. The Southeast Asian...
Filipinas’ Asean Women’s title defense ends with Myanmar draw
Inquirer
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August 14, 2025
The Philippine women’s football team’s defense of the Asean Women’s Championship came to an abrupt end after being denied a semifinals berth with a 1-1 draw against Myanmar on Wednesday at Lach Tray Stadium in Haiphong, Vietnam. Nina Mathelus...
Myanmar military chief calls for heightened security ahead of election
740 The Fan - North Dakota
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August 13, 2025
(Reuters) -Myanmar’s military chief has called for increased security for political party members and candidates as a newly formed interim government proceeds with a planned election in December and January that has been dismissed in the West as a...
Myanmar Seizes Over 66.6 Tonnes Of Illegal Timbers, Arrests 29 Offenders
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Yangon, Aug 13 (IANS) Myanmar authorities have seized over 66.6 tonnes of illegal timber across the country during a three-day operation, state media reported on Wednesday. From August 8 to August 10, the confiscated timber included...
Myanmar Junta Airstrike Targets Sagaing Civilians
The Irrawaddy
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August 13, 2025
Myanmar’s junta warplanes bombed a civilian convoy trapped by fighting between regime forces and resistance groups in Sagaing Township on Monday, killing 16 people and injuring 20 others. Sagaing Region resistance groups told The Irrawaddy that...
Myanmar military committing 'systematic' torture in detention facilities, UN reports
SBS
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This article contains references to rape and child abuse. United Nations investigators say they have recorded "systematic" torture in Myanmar's military-run detention facilities, including beatings, electric shocks and gang rape. Myanmar has been...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 12, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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August 12, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 12, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. CRPH sends message marking the 75th Karen Martyrs’ Day August 12 The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) has sent a message to mark the 75th Karen Martyrs’ Day. In its...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 13, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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August 13, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 13, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. Expansion of Cross-Border Criminal Activities in Myanmar Following the Unlawful Military Coup Attempt August 12 Radio NUG On August 11, at an open meeting of the United Nations Security...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 12, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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August 12, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 12, 2025 Evening 🚩🚩 1. National Unity Government sends message of goodwill to the 75th Karen Martyrs’ Day commemoration, wishing for the successful realization of the Karen revolutionary goals August 12 The...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 13, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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August 13, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 13, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. Military Council’s 1,000-Troop Offensive in Myingyan: Both Sides Suffer Casualties, MBT Forced to Abandon Some Bases August 12 Radio NUG According to the Myingyan Black Tiger (MBT) force,...
Investigators record systematic torture on detainees at Myanmar detention facilities: UN report
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Yangon, Myanmar 13 August, 2025, 13:15 United Nations investigators say that they have recorded ‘systematic’ torture in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities including beatings, electric shocks and gang rape. Myanmar...
Can Myanmar’s 2025 Quake Data Predict the Next Big One?
Latestly
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August 13, 2025
Scientists say earthquake prediction is impossible but studying the 2025 Myanmar earthquake may help forecast when, and where, the next big tremor could strike.During the midday prayers on March 28, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central...
Myanmar junta committing 'systematic' torture: UN report
Channel News Asia
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August 13, 2025
A junta spokesman could not be reached for comment on the allegations laid out in an IIMM annual report released on Tuesday (Aug 12), drawing on testimony from nearly 600 eyewitnesses. It said there had been "systematic commission" of torture...
World Reuters Myanmar military chief calls for heightened security ahead of election
Yahoo News
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(Reuters) -Myanmar's military chief has called for increased security for political party members and candidates as a newly formed interim government proceeds with a planned election in December and January that has been dismissed in the West as a...
Myanmar refugees on the brink as funding cuts bite: ‘I feel so anxious’
South China Morning Post
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August 13, 2025
On the first day of every month, refugees in camps along the Thailand-Myanmar border would usually receive a top-up of credits to their digital food cards before making a beeline for food-card shops to stock up on groceries. On August 1, however,...