Headlines- After the downing of a US Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command announces strikes on Iran.
- Several Iranian radar systems and air defense systems around the Strait of Hormuz the targets of US army strikes in Iran.
- Iranian media reported that after US army strikes, explosions were heard in several Iranian areas.
- A $70 billion immigration enforcement package was approved by the US House on Tuesday, providing financing for Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump's term.
- The Artemis III crew will begin a year or more of task-specific training on Tuesday when NASA unveiled the four astronauts of the upcoming Artemis moon program mission.
Tag: Burma
Myanmar’s Arakan Army Confirms Torture,Execution of...
Ethnic Rakhine rebels on Friday confirmed the torture and execution of two prisoners of war from Myanmar’s military after video clips of the killings went viral online.
Myanmar Junta Bombs Rohingya Muslim Village...
The Myanmar air force has bombed a fishing village in Rakhine state killing 41 civilians and wounding 52, most of them Rohingya Muslims, residents involved in rescue work said on Thursday, in an attack insurgents condemned as a war crime.
Junta Slashes Power in 2 Major...
Military rulers have ordered rolling blackouts in Myanmar’s two major cities — Yangon and Naypyidaw — cycling off power in different areas for longer periods to manage electricity demand and prevent a total grid collapse, electricity officials said.
Myanmar Junta Prepares to Send Migrant...
Myanmar’s junta is preparing to send migrant workers to Russia, following a request from the country as it faces shortages of foreign workers in agriculture and manufacturing amid its war with Ukraine, a Myanmar employment official said.
Myanmar Military Presses Offensive After Two...
territory lost to anti-junta fighters and killed 11 villagers in its latest assaults, a pro-democracy militia member said on Thursday, after two ethnic minority forces agreed to ceasefires, leaving their pro-democracy allies on their own.
Myanmar Junta Airstrike Kills Vhildren Playing...
Myanmar’s air force bombed a church where displaced people were sheltering near the border with China killing nine of them including children, days after the junta chief reiterated a call for peace talks, an insurgent group official told Radio Free Asia.
Real Estate Prices Skyrocket as Yangon...
Myanmar’s civil war is driving up housing demand in Yangon, causing rents to skyrocket as people displaced by conflict in remote border regions seek out the relative safety of the country’s largest city, according to real estate agents and residents.
Shortages in Myanmar Lead to ‘Socialist-Era’...
The queue for cooking oil stretches down a Yangon street. Householders turn up before dawn to fill a plastic bottle at a subsidized rate in Myanmar’s commercial capital – the latest evidence of a tanking economy.
Thailand Arrests, Deports 144,000 Myanmar Workers...
Thailand has detained and deported more than 144,000 Myanmar citizens over the past three months, its labor ministry said, in a crackdown aimed at weeding out “job seekers” who use the turmoil in their country as an excuse to seek opportunities in Thailand, a Thai police chief said.
Two Myanmar Reporters Among Four Killed...
Myanmar junta forces hunting insurgents raided a reporter’s home killing him, another reporter and two other people, one of whom was a member of a rebel group, associates of the victims, including a former employer, told Radio Free Asia.