- 24 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityMyanmar
Analysis-Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a ‘wake-up call’ for social media
By Rina Chandran and Avi Asher-Schapiro BANGKOK/LOS ANGELES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A landmark lawsuit by Rohingya refugees against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, is a "wake-up call"…
Myanmar anti-coup activists protest against junta with ‘silent strike’
(Reuters) - Protesters in Myanmar closed businesses and stayed off the streets on Friday in a "silent strike" against rule by the military and its ousting of the Southeast Asian…
U.S. slams Myanmar military over ‘credible’ reports soldiers killed 11 people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday that the United States was "outraged" by reports that Myanmar soldiers rounded up and killed 11 people in…
Myanmar chides U.N. for bias, meddling after Suu Kyi conviction
(Reuters) - Myanmar's military government accused senior United Nations officials on Thursday of interference and making judgments based on "distorted news", days after a storm of international criticism over the…
Suu Kyi sentence puts spotlight on Myanmar’s detained thousands
(Reuters) - Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, later cut to two, is just one of thousands held in…
Myanmar junta official visits Cambodia after Suu Kyi sentencing
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-appointed foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, held talks in Cambodia on Tuesday, a day after the junta drew global condemnation for sentencing deposed leader Aung…
Trials of Aung San Suu Kyi, From Heroine to Villain to Convict
Put on trial by the generals who overthrew her elected government in a coup that cut short democratic reforms she had fought for decades to bring about, Myanmar's ousted civilian…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Violence escalates in India’s northeast after forces mistakenly fire on civilians -officials
By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -Protesters threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote northeast, with one civilian shot dead…
Suu Kyi sentence reduced to two years from four – Myanmar state TV
(Reuters) - Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her sentence reduced from four years to two years after a partial pardon by the head of the military-appointed…
Sanction junta, says Myanmar’s ousted government after Suu Kyi jailing
(Reuters) - The international envoy for Myanmar's shadow civilian government called on Monday for further international sanctions against the military after the jailing of former leader Aung San Suu Kyi,…
U.N. rights boss Bachelet denounces Suu Kyi conviction in ‘sham trial’
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday denounced a four-year jail term handed down to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi after…
Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi gets four-year jail term in trial -source
(Reuters) - Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi received a four-year jail term on Monday on charges of incitement and violations of a law on natural disasters, a source…
