Myanmar

President Donald Trump’s administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs at the US Agency for International Development and shut the agency, even as Trump promised that the US would provide assistance to…
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Amid rescuers' relentless effort to dig through debris to reach trapped survivors, the number of deaths triggered by a massive earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand crossed 1600 on Saturday.National news The shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquacke…
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When armed rebels seized northern Myanmar’s rare-earths mining belt in October, they dealt a blow to the country’s embattled military junta — and wrested control of a key global resource. By capturing sites that produce roughly half of the…
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An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale was reported in Myanmar close to the Manipur border in the early hours of Friday, according to a report of the seismological observatory, Manipur University. There was no report of any damage…
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Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that will fence its border with Myanmar to protect from infiltrators like it has barricaded the border along Bangladesh, news agency PTI reported. While addressing the passing out parade of…
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued an advisory, on November 21, for Indian nationals travelling to Myanmar in view of the desperate security situation. The Ministry expressed deep concern over the fighting between Myanmar’s…
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Renewed fighting this week between Myanmar’s military and an ethnic minority armed group has displaced more than 26,000 people in western Rakhine state, the United Nations said on Friday. Ongoing clashes between the Arakan Army (AA) and…
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More than 200 Indian citizens, who had taken shelter in Myanmar for the last three months in view of the ongoing ethnic strife in Manipur, were brought back to India under security cover on Friday. The citizens (all Meiteis) numbering…
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Rescuers on Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet) deep along western Myanmar's coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications. Six deaths were reported, but the true impact…
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Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone inundated the Myanmar port city of Sittwe on Sunday, reported The Daily Star. Parts of Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state, were flooded, while winds of up to 130 miles per hour…
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