Rebel-backed figure takes charge as Syria's interim prime minister
Syria's new interim leader announced on Tuesday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister with the ...
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Myanmar's junta pushed election plan in talks with neighbours
BANGKOK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The top diplomat of Myanmar's ruling junta briefed neighbouring countries on its plans to hold an election next year amid an escalating civil war, including potentially ...
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India plays catch-up to influence Myanmar as China’s clout over junta and rebels grows
Last month, two key members of the anti-junta Brotherhood Alliance – Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) – said they were willing to ...
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On Leadership and Power in Myanmar
In memory of Professor David Steinberg, who passed away last week, The Irrawaddy revisits his 2022 article on how Myanmar ...
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Commentary: Chinese security companies are putting boots on the ground in Myanmar. It could go disastrously wrong
Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing (right) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their meeting on Aug 14, 2024, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: Myanmar Military True News ...
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Students unearth massive 1,500-year-old Roman structure in Italy. See the ruins
Archaeologists and students unearthed the 1,500-year-old ruins of huge semicircular room at a Roman bath complex in Aquileia, photos show. Photo from the University of Udine Digging into the stony ...
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David Steinberg, prominent expert on Myanmar, dies at 96
David I. Steinberg, a preeminent Western analyst on Myanmar whose insights on the country informed journalistic coverage during decades of coups and bloodshed, including a scorched-earth campaign ...
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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar military government chief
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested an international arrest warrant for the military ruler of Myanmar for the persecution of Rohingya. The office of prosecutor ...
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Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement, From the Inside
When Myanmar’s military seized power on the morning of February 1, 2021, tens of thousands of state workers immediately went on strike. These spontaneous strikes, which involved everyone from ...
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China, Myanmar conduct joint crackdown on telecom fraud centers in Myanmar
A joint crackdown from last year by China and Myanmar on telecom fraud centers in northern Myanmar has led to the arrest of more than 50,000 Chinese nationals. The authorities took aim at the ...
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Rebel group claims to have taken control of Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh in grinding civil war
One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army has claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of ...