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Myanmar army launches air strikes against rebels near Thai border
Reuters, Published on 11/04/2022
» Myanmar's military conducted air strikes on Sunday targeting ethnic rebels in Karen state, as fresh fighting broke out for control of the town of Lay Kay Kaw near the Thai border, according to a spokesman at the rebel group and media reports.
Myanmar junta launches fresh air raids near Thai border
Reuters, Published on 28/04/2021
» Myanmar's military launched air assaults for the second day in a row into rebel-held territory after gunfire was heard from Mae Hong Son province, a Thai official said Wednesday, as fighting escalates along the border.
Thanathorn: Anger unabated 10 years on
Reuters, Published on 19/05/2020
» Thailand marked the 10th anniversary of a bloody army crackdown on protesters on Tuesday, with a banned opposition politician saying anger was unabated, especially after last year's disputed election that kept a coup leader in power.
Myanmar troops kill six in Rakhine
Reuters, Published on 02/05/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar security forces shot dead at least six people in the troubled western state of Rakhine on Thursday, after soldiers and police detained hundreds of people at a school, a military spokesman said.
Rohingya refugees recount slaughter, burning in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 07/09/2017
» KUTAPALONG, Bangladesh -- The villagers said the soldiers came first, firing indiscriminately. Then came civilians, accompanying the soldiers, to loot and burn.
Thailand 'preparing to receive' those fleeing Myanmar violence
Reuters, Published on 29/08/2017
» Thailand is preparing to receive people fleeing fighting in Myanmar and send them back "when they are ready", the prime minister said on Tuesday, following a series of attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on Myanmar security forces last week.
Hitler exhibition in Berlin asks: How could it happen?
Reuters, Published on 28/07/2017
» BERLIN -- More than 70 years after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker in the final days of World War Two, an exhibition in the capital examines how he became a Nazi and what turned ordinary Germans into murderers during the Third Reich.
Trump administration: Is Pakistan an ally?
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration is exploring hardening its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants launching attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, two US officials said.
Southern attacks 'reflect tension over peace talks'
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2017
» A string of gun and grenade attacks in southern Thailand that killed two people reflects tension over talks aimed at ending violence there, a conflict-monitoring group said on Thursday, warning against similar attacks in future.
Erawan bombers first targeted pier for Chinese tourists
Reuters, Published on 26/02/2016
» The perpetrators of last year's deadly explosion at the Erawan shrine originally chose a Chao Phraya River dinner-cruise pier packed with Chinese tourists as their primary target and had amassed enough chemicals to make 10 powerful bombs, the chief of Thailand's police bomb squad told Reuters.