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Niger junta threatens immediate response to any ‘aggression’-
By AFP NIAMEY: Niger’s newly installed junta has threatened an immediate response to any “aggression or attempted aggression”, as the ...
UN urges Myanmar junta to open up to Cyclone Mocha relief-
By AFP GENEVA: The United Nations on Wednesday called for Myanmar to open up and ensure life-saving aid can get ...
Myanmar junta pardons over 2,000 political prisoners in humanitarian gesture-
By Associated Press BANGKOK: Myanmar’s ruling military council on Wednesday said it was releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as ...
At least 100 civilians killed in airstrikes by Myanmar’s Junta-
BANGKOK: Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on Tuesday killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony ...
Myanmar junta dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party-
By AFP YANGON: Myanmar’s junta-stacked election commission announced Tuesday that Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy Party would ...
UN says Myanmar junta elections will fuel violence-
By AFP BANGKOK: Junta plans for elections in coup-hit Myanmar this year will “fuel greater violence”, a United Nations special ...
Myanmar junta hits ethnic rebels with air strikes near India border-
By AFP YANGON: Myanmar’s junta has carried out air strikes on an ethnic armed group’s base near the border with ...
Myanmar junta marks Independence Day with show of force, mass pardons of prisoners-
By AFP NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s junta announced an amnesty for 7,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day on Wednesday following a show ...
‘Buddhist bin Laden’ firebrand monk feted by Myanmar junta chief-
By AFP YANGON: A firebrand monk dubbed the “Buddhist bin Laden” for his role in stirring up religious hatred in ...
Myanmar junta court sentences Suu Kyi to 7 years in prison-
By PTI BANGKOK: A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of ...