Myanmar

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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Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the coasts of Myanmar and Bangladesh as Cyclone Mocha- the region's most powerful cyclone for over a decade- is set to hit. The 'Super Cyclone' packed winds of up to 240 kilometres per…
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The United States and its allies imposed further sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday, marking the two-year anniversary of a military coup with curbs on energy officials and junta members, among others. Washington imposed sanctions on the…
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Myanmar's junta said Thursday it will release 700 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted government. Former British envoy Vicky Bowman, Australian…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday denounced a new three-year sentence imposed on Myanmar’s ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urged further pressure on the country’s junta. “We strongly condemn the Burma military…
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