Headlines- A shooting that took place early on Sunday on a pedestrian promenade near to the University of Iowa campus in downtown Iowa City injured at least three students.
- After issuing warnings, Iranian forces turned back two tankers that were trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the ongoing US maritime blockade as the reason.
- Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
- On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.
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Hundreds of Myanmar Villagers Report Diseases...
Residents in northern Myanmar are contracting diseases from nearby chemical waste, residents told Radio Free Asia. In Kachin state, rare earth mining produces toxic chemicals that end up in water sources, they said.
Junta Troops Destroy 129-Year-Old Church in...
Junta soldiers and pro-military Pyu Saw Htee militia have torched a Sagaing region village for the fourth time, burning down its 129-year-old Catholic church.
Burmese Freelance Journalist Sentenced to 15...
Myanmar journalist Myo San Soe has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on two terrorism counts by a court at Pyapon Prison in Ayeyarwady region.
Myanmar Junta Forces Raid Village in...
Myanmar junta forces and members of an affiliated militia group torched most of the homes in a village in the central Magway region, another display of the regime’s reliance on arson in its fight to hold onto power 18 months after removing the democratically elected government in a coup
Clashes Between Junta Forces and Arakan...
Renewed fighting between Myanmar regime forces and the Arakan Army has intensified in Rakhine and Chin states with at least 10 clashes since July 18, following the dissolution of a fragile cease-fire that had held for a year and a half, residents of the western states told RFA
Kachin State Kills At Least 15...
At least 15 civilians died during fierce fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and junta forces in Hpakant township, in Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin state
IDPs in Kayin Are Now Being...
The number of persons displaced in Myanmar has risen to nearly a million as a result of airstrikes and indiscriminate bombardment. As conflicts between Myanmar’s army and opposition forces get closer to civilian targets, civilians who have just abandoned their homes in Kayin state speak out about the dangers of returning to work in their fields ahead of the new growing season
Mass Protests in Thailand Against Military...
With mass protests taking place in Myanmar against the coup, migrant workers in neighboring Thailand are also voicing their outrage over the military takeover back home
Myanmar Protests For Democracy
People across Myanmar continued protesting a military coup and called for the release of the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. This, despite an increased show of force by military and police
Myanmar Forces Raid Ruling Party Headquarters,...
Myanmar security forces raided the headquarters of deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party on Tuesday, a party official said, as nationwide demonstrations against the military takeover turned bloody when police fired on a large crowd in the capital, wounding two protesters. In a nighttime raid as anti-coup protests in Myanmar’s major cities …
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