Burkina junta creates new battalions to fight jihadists
The military regime in Burkina Faso on Friday announced that it was creating new rapid response forces, recruiting 14,000 soldiers and thousands of civilian support staff, to fight jihadist violence.
Manila Standard4h
Myanmar troops under armed attack flee across border, says Thai military
A group of Myanmar soldiers fled across the Thai border on Friday after an assault by an ethnic armed group ousted them from ...
Myanmar Now5h
Exclusive: Myanmar junta invites Russia to extract gems, minerals in active conflict areas
Coup leader Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing reportedly urged Russian business officials not to be deterred from investing in mining ...
East Asia Forum5h
Myanmar shows ASEAN centrality is weakening
Despite formulating a Five-Point Consensus in 2021, divisions within ASEAN continue to undermine its capacity to mount a ...
The Mountaineer7h
WFP says funding shortfall forces it to cut food aid to 1 mn people in Myanmar
The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of ...
Myanmar civil war: Soldiers turn tail, flee to Thailand after ethnic armed group seizes border base
While the junta has suffered significant territorial losses, analysts say it still retains control of Myanmar’s heartland and ...
UCA News13h
Myanmar junta tries the front foot, touting elections, nuclear power
But outside of Gen. Min Aung Hlaing’s tight-knit circle of diplomatic power brokers, his decision to hold elections by ...