Myanmar: 71 dead in militant attacks on police, border posts
World | August 25, 2017 20:31 ISTLocal police said the simultaneous attacks targeted at least 26 outposts of the police, border guard police and security forces in northern Rakhine
Local police said the simultaneous attacks targeted at least 26 outposts of the police, border guard police and security forces in northern Rakhine
Thousands of Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since Myanmar announced a military build-up in Rakhine state earlier this month, community leaders said today
A range of issues, including expanding cooperation between armed forces of the two countries, were discussed in the meeting between Jaitley and Gen Hlaing, who is commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Defence Services.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described Myanmar as a "key pillar" of India's 'Act East' policy and expressed his firm commitment to strengthen the bilateral relationship in all areas.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved upgradation of a 65-km-long National Highway in Manipur that connects the state capital Imphal with the Myanmar border.
Debris from a Myanmar military plane carrying 105 people was found in the Andaman Sea on Wednesday, a local official and an air force source told AFP. The aircraft was reported missing earlier
India has been concerned over some militant groups from the Northeast region taking shelter in Myanmar. The country has been assuring India that it would not allow any insurgent group to use its territory against India.
According to PTI, both the Centre and state governments have already started exploring ways to identify Rohingya Muslims and deport them.
Months after the 30-day long India-China border war of 1962 (also known as the Sino-Indian Border Conflict), the American intelligences were worried that the Chinese troops could attack India through Tibet, Myanmar and even Nepal and Bhutan.
A day after signaling a rare admission of atrocities against Rohingya Muslims at the hands of authorities, Myanmar today marked a U-turn blaming fabricated stories and incorrectly captioned photographs for what it termed as an a ‘misunderstanding’ co
In a rare admission by its authorities of possible abuse of Muslims on part of its authorities, the Myanmar government on Monday pledged to investigate a recent video showcasing security officials abusing Rohingya Muslims and take action.
The Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh has summoned the Myanmar envoy in Dhaka in wake of the worrying scenario of the huge influx of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar’s Rakhine state into the country.
A report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) has said that the group of Rohingya Muslims which allegedly attacked Myanmar border guards on October 9 is headed by people with links to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
After series of attacks by ethnic armed groups on Myanmar security forces and thousands of people crossing into China to escape the violence, Beijing on Wednesday offered help to the Southeast Asian nation to stabilise their shared border.
A top official of the United Nations has said that Myanmar is carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims.
Dozens of Muslim women have been raped by Myanmar’s security forces during counter-insurgency operations in the northern Rakhine State, according to various human rights groups.
During Suu Kyi's meeting with PM Modi, India and Myanmar signed three agreements to boost cooperation in different sectors
Laying down a principle that all surgical strikes must be treated on ‘case to case basis’, Myanmar’s Foreign Minister and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said that terrorism in any form is unacceptable.
Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi told the United Nations General Assembly that her country is on the path to peace and reconciliation after last year's successful election.
US President Barack Obama has moved to restore trade benefits to Myanmar, saying broader sanctions would soon be scrapped as he hosted the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the White House.
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