Headlines- After talks in Washington on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as a "historic opportunity" for peace, Israel and Lebanon agreed to hold direct talks.
- Iran talks could resume "over the next two days," according to US President Donald Trump, after the failure of last weekend's first round in Pakistan.
- Six merchant ships turned around after "direction from US forces," according to the US, and no ships were able to pass through the blockade in the first 24 hours.
- According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, there were at least 35 deaths and 159 injuries in Lebanon on Tuesday.
- The southern Lebanon district of Bint Jbeil has been hit by an Israeli airstrike.
- "The short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil already stranded at sea is set to expire in a few days and will not be renewed," according to the US Treasury Department.
Tag: Rakhine State
Member of UN Fact-Finding Mission on...
Press Briefing by Radhika Coomaraswamy, Member of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar
ICC Delegation in Bangladesh ‘Preparing Way’...
International Criminal Court prosecutors are in Bangladesh to lay the groundwork for an investigation into alleged crimes of humanity against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority so they can begin a probe quickly if the ICC gives them the green light, the delegation’s chief said Thursday
Myanmar Nationalist Monk Wirathu Faces Sedition...
The Mahana is a government-appointed council that oversees and regulates the Buddhist clergy in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. In March 2017, its office in Mandalay prohibited Wirathu from giving sermons for a year because of his hate speech and anti-Muslim rhetoric
Family Members of Three Rakhine Villagers...
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville released a statement about a similar incident of deaths-in-detention in Rathedaung township’s Kyauk Tan village. The statement said that the Kyauk Tan incident was not isolated, citing the Mrauk-U incident and claiming that the three detainees had been shot
Myanmar’s Rakhine Government Bans Donations to...
Myanmar villagers told RFA’s Myanmar Service on Thursday that a military column had entered the village and apprehended 27 locals the troops believed to be connected to the AA, but that they had no ties to the ethnic army fighting for autonomy in Rakhine state
Myanmar Army Helicopter Attack Kills at...
On Thursday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that 48 civilians, including 16 children were killed by landmines in Myanmar in 2018 and urged all parties involved in armed conflict to stop laying new mines and protect children’s lives
Nighttime Curfew Imposed in Five Townships...
The Myanmar military’s True New information Team said in a statement that Arakan fighters detained the construction workers from the Su Htoo San Company, which is building the Paletwa-Mizoram highway to connect Myanmar and India, and used small arms to attack a boat transporting construction materials for a bridge project on March 16
Rakhine Villagers Flee to Temples to...
When Myanmar soldiers entered villagers’ homes, they beat some, detained others, and stripped more then 130 of them of their shirts and made them stay outside in the burning sun, said Abbot Pyinnyar Wontha of Shwe Phaung Tin monastery. He said he does not know how long the monastery can host the IDPs
Rakhine Villagers Hold Funeral for Slain...
Thousands were killed and roughly 730,000 Rohingya fled across the border to Bangladesh where they have been living ever since in sprawling displacement camps