Distraught Myanmar relief camp dwellers received final handouts from the World Food Programme on Wednesday as the UN agency begins halting aid to a million people in the country because funding has …
Bangladesh Security Forces Arrest Top ARSA Leader in Major Sweep
Security forces in Bangladesh arrested 10 members of Myanmar’s Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, including their leader Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi. The arrests were based on intelligence suggesting ARSA’s plans for sabotage.
Indonesia to Question More Than 500 Citizens Freed From Myanmar Scam Centres
Myanmar’s Myawaddy scam centres are part of a Southeast Asia network involving criminal gangs trafficking hundreds of thousands of people to help generate illicit revenues running into billions of …
US aid cuts to Myanmar are having catastrophic impact, UN rapporteur says
U.S. cuts to humanitarian aid are having a crushing impact on people in Myanmar, with violence likely to spiral, Thomas Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar …
187 Filipinos freed from Myanmar scam hubs
AT least 187 Filipinos were freed from online fraud hubs in rebel-controlled areas in Myanmar after a trilateral crackdown between Myanmar, Thailand and China, the Department of Foreign Affairs said …
Indonesia to repatriate 561 Myanmar scam centre workers
JAKARTA] More than 500 Indonesians freed from online scam centres in Myanmar will be repatriated via Thailand in the coming days, a senior Indonesian official told AFP on Tuesday. Read more at The …
An airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, an opposition group says
An opposition group in military-ruled Myanmar says an airstrike on a central village under the control of resistance forces has killed at least 27 civilians and injured 30 others.
AP Photos: “Shinbyu,” a rite of passage for young Buddhists in Myanmar
Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist monastery in southern Myanmar, as they prepare to enter a period of monkhood …
UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar
The United Nations food agency said on Friday that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.
World Food Programme to cut aid for one million people in Myanmar
More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical shortfalls in funding, the latest …