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With drones and dawn assault, Myanmar's Chin rebels open new front
Reuters, Published on 17/11/2023
» ZOKHAWTHAR, India - In the pre-dawn darkness on Monday, a 22-year-old Myanmar rebel fighter approached a hill-top military camp in remote Chin State with dozens of comrades for an assault that opened up another front in a mounting nationwide offensive against the junta.
India frets as Myanmar's pro-democracy fighters cross border
Reuters, Published on 10/06/2021
» NEW DELHI: Thousands of people fleeing the junta's crackdown in Myanmar have crossed into India's far-flung eastern states, leading to worries among officials there that the region could become a staging post for pro-democracy activists and stoke instability.
Gunmen free more than 1,800 inmates from Nigerian prison
Reuters, Published on 06/04/2021
» YENAGOA, Nigeria: More than 1,800 inmates escaped from a Nigeria prison in the southeastern city of Owerri after an attack by gunmen carrying rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, explosives and rifles, the prisons authority said.
China quietly doubles troop levels in Hong Kong: envoys
Reuters, Published on 30/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Last month, Beijing moved thousands of troops across the border into this restive city. They came in on trucks and armoured cars, by bus and by ship.
Hong Kong airport faces more turbulence
Reuters, Published on 23/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong braced for multiple anti-government demonstrations on Friday and a "stress test" of the airport this weekend, as weeks of protest in the Chinese-ruled city showed no signs of let-up amid rising tension between China and some Western nations.
Hong Kong leader sees 'way out' of chaos
Reuters, Published on 20/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of an effort to restore calm and that talks with non-violent protesters would provide "a way out" for the Chinese-ruled city.
Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers join anti-government rally
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of protesters poured into one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts on Sunday, braving a downpour to join an anti-government rally in the eleventh week of what have been often violent demonstrations in the Asian financial hub.
Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed early
Reuters, Published on 27/05/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.
Iraq, Turkey threaten Kurds after independence vote
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2017
» BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq: - The Iraqi government ruled out talks on Kurdish independence and Turkey threatened to impose a blockade on Tuesday after Iraq's Kurds defied their neighbours and their US allies to stage a referendum showing strong support for secession.
Palestinian gunman kills 3 Israeli guards in settlement
Reuters, Published on 26/09/2017
» HAR ADAR, West Bank: A Palestinian gunman killed three Israeli guards and wounded a fourth in an attack on a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot dead, a police spokeswoman said.