Human trafficking: China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
LARISSA LIAO, KEVIN KROLICKI AND POPPY MCPHERSON, of Reuters, report on the people being kidnapped and trafficked into Myanmar to work in online scam centres…
ASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority
Langkawi, Malaysia Reuters South-East Asian nations told Myanmar’s military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging the junta to start dialogue and end hostilities immediately. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations called on the warring sides in member nation Myanmar to stop […]
Essay: From Myanmar to Gaza, Ukraine to Sudan – 2024 was another grim year, according to our mass atrocity index
In an article first published on The Conversation, COLIN J MEISEL, associate director of geopolitical analysis at the University of Denver’s Pardee Institute, says data shows 111 countries around the world experienced some form of mass atrocity during the year…
Myanmar military air strike kills dozens in Rakhine village, UN says
Reuters Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar’s military government in the western state of Rakhine this week, the United Nations said, as the South-East Asia nation’s civil war nears its fourth year. The civilian shadow government and the Arakan Army, an ethnic militia based in Rakhine fighting for the autonomy […]
Sudan again tops International Rescue Committee crises watchlist
United Nations Reuters Sudan – for the second year in a row – topped a 2025 watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid organisation on Wednesday, followed by Gaza and the West Bank, Myanmar, Syria and South Sudan. The New York-based IRC began the watchlist more than 15 years […]
ICC president says war crimes tribunal is in jeopardy
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters The president of the International Criminal Court on Monday said threats facing the institution, including possible US sanctions and Russian warrants for staff members, “jeopardise its very existence”. President Judge Tomoko Akane. PICTURE: Screenshot via Reuters. Speaking at an annual conference of the court’s 124 members, President Judge Tomoko Akane […]
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader over Rohingya campaign
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity in the alleged persecution of the Rohingya, a mainly Muslim minority. Myanmar’s ruling junta said in a statement to Reuters that the […]
Myanmar conflict: In world’s largest refugee camps, Rohingya mobilise to fight
DEVJYOT GHOSHAL and POPPY MCPHERSON, of Reuters, report on the thousands of Rohingya insurgents who have emerged from camps housing refugees in Cox’s Bazar…
Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine faces famine with two million people at risk, UN says
Reuters Myanmar’s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at the risk of starvation. Rice production in Rakhine, a western state that borders Bangladesh, has declined due to shortages of seeds and fertilisers, severe weather and the displacement of […]
Myanmar: How an anxious China is backing the country’s faltering junta in civil war
SHOON NAING, WA LONE, DEVJYOT GHOSHAL, POPPY MCPHERSON and ANTONI SLODKOWSKI, of Reuters, report on how China is reacting to Myanmar’s ongoing civil war…