Headlines- As attacks on shipping continue, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that an oil tanker "violating regulations" caught fire after striking a sea mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Two troops have died in a helicopter crash in Najran, Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, which also claims to have downed more drones close to Riyadh.
- After riots, looting, and arson during cost-of-living protests, nearly 2,400 people were detained throughout France.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received the "complete and total" support of US President Donald Trump.
- Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, denounced rioting during cost-of-living protests on Sunday and expressed support for law enforcement after clashes in multiple cities.
- Eight cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Kenya as of Sunday, according to the country's Health Ministry.
- After a fatal fire at a Canadian military base on Sunday, 39 people were admitted to the hospital, at least 19 of whom were in critical condition.
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Masked Gunmen Shoot Myanmar Christian Leader...
Two masked gunmen shot a Catholic priest in northern Myanmar on Friday morning, eyewitnesses told Radio Free Asia.
Police,Soldiers Injure 17 Following Myanmar Prison...
Fighting began when two inmates attempted to escape, locals said. By RFA Burmese Police and prison guards injured at least 17 inmates in western Myanmar after a prison riot broke out, an advocacy group told Radio Free Asia on Monday. Fighting between prison staff and inmates, including political prisoners charged with opposing Myanmar’s regime, started …
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In Myanmar, Nearly 2 Million People...
Nearly 2 million civilians in Myanmar have been displaced from their homes by the civil war raging in their country, with 40,000 displaced in the past month alone, according to the U.N.’s humanitarian agency, which appealed for food and other supplies.
Hong Kong Activist Facing Arrest Bounty...
Authorities in Hong Kong last week offered a reward of more than $128,000 for information leading to the arrest of eight exiled pro-democracy activists.Henry Ridgwell spoke with Finn Lau, one of those targeted by the reward, close to his new home in London.
Putin Facing Trial? Russia’s Alleged Crime...
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kyiv and its Western allies have opened a new center in The Hague that will investigate Russian officials for the crime of aggression.
Junta Helicopter Attacks School in Myanmar’s...
Myanmar’s military sent a helicopter gunship to attack a school in Sagaing region, injuring four people, locals told RFA Tuesday.
Civilian Deaths Mount in Myanmar Amid...
Civilian deaths are growing in Myanmar’s civil war amid a jump in airstrikes by the military junta, whose ground forces have faced stiff resistance from rebels and ordinary citizens who have taken up arms.
Myanmar Troops Raze Two-Thirds of Homes...
According to the independent research group Data For Myanmar, since the military coup, more than 3,700 houses in Khin-U have been burned down as of February and nearly 48,000 houses in Sagaing region as of mid-March.
‘Ogre’ Battalion Uses Brutality to Instill...
Myanmar’s military has faced stiff resistance from ordinary men and women who have taken up arms to form People’s Defense Force bands to fight junta troops since the military’s coup two years ago. The Ogres’ atrocities are meant to terrorize their foes, who often have little combat training and aren’t usually well-armed.
PROFILES IN TRAGEDY: Lives Snuffed Out...
The conflict engulfing Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 military coup has led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians and ordinary people who took up arms to fight junta troops, who have raided and razed villages, bombed them from the air and rounded up hundreds for detention, torture or immediate execution.