The United Nations independent human rights expert on Myanmar on Friday called on countries that have not yet done so, to impose arms embargo on the country urgently, to stop the "massacre" of citizens across the country.
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There have been at least 158 reported attacks on medical personnel and facilities in Myanmar, with more than 139 doctors arrested and charged since the military coup in February, endangering not only vital health services but also the COVID-19 (...)
Foreign ministers from the G7 countries are meeting in person for the first time in nearly three years on Tuesday to discuss how to address global issues including the COVID-19 pandemic and authoritarian regimes.
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The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF — Russia's sovereign wealth fund) announced that the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey has registered the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus in the country.
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The turmoil following the military coup in Myanmar, coupled with the impact of COVID-19 could result in up to 25 million people — nearly half of the country's population, living in poverty by early next year, a United Nations report said on (...)
BRUSSELS — The Council of European Union has extended sanctions for another against senior officials in Myanmar and others involved in the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, the council said in a press release on Thursday.
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As India continues to grapple with an unrelenting second wave of COVID-19, some neighboring countries in South Asia are seeing their own surges in case numbers, prompting border closures and travel bans.
India is now reporting approximately 1 (...)
Fresh clashes between Myanmar security forces and regional armed groups have displaced thousands across the country, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
According to the office, almost 50 clashes between (...)
Ensuring warring parties respect international humanitarian law is the first step towards protecting civilians and critical infrastructure during conflict, the UN's top aid official told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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The United Kingdom has imposed asset freezes and travel bans against 22 individuals under the new Global Anti-Corruption sanctions regime for the first time.
Individuals involved in some of the world's most serious cases of corruption will no longer (...)
A Rohingya refugee and volunteer for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has been telling UN News how his community has been "once again traumatized" as a result of a massive fire which swept through the Cox's Bazar refugee camp in (...)
Weather-related crises have triggered more than twice as much displacement as conflict and violence in the last decade, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
Coinciding with Earth Day on Thursday, April, 22 the UN High Commissioner for (...)
Two million people facing growing food insecurity linked to the ongoing political crisis in Myanmar are to receive nutrition assistance, amid rising "hunger and desperation", the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday unveiled new Myanmar-related sanctions, targeting two state-owned enterprises as part of its punitive measures to punish the junta over the Feb. 1 military coup in the country.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his counterpart, S Jaishankar on Monday to reaffirm the importance of the US-India relationship and cooperation on regional security issues, Ned Price, the spokesman of the US Department of State said (...)
The European Union on Monday slapped sanctions on 10 Myanmar junta officials and two conglomerates linked to the military over the Feb. 1 coup and bloody crackdown on protesters, the European Council said on Monday in a press statement.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Monday for leaders in Asia to bolster efforts towards finding a peaceful solution to the bloody crisis in Myanmar, sparked by the military coup in February.
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The international community has a responsibility to protect the people of Myanmar, under attack from their own military, the UN independent human rights expert on the country argues, in the second part of our in-depth interview, calling also for (...)
China reported 15 new COVID-19 cases on April 16, up from 11 cases a day earlier, Reuters quoted the country's national health authority as saying on Saturday.
The National Health Commission, in a statement, said one of the new cases was a local (...)
The crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across Myanmar, is "not working", and the world is not buying the military leadership's "propaganda" that it is exercising restraint against protesters, (...)
The crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across Myanmar, is "not working", and the world is not buying the military leadership's "propaganda" that it is exercising restraint against protesters, (...)
The ongoing repression of protests in Myanmar could spark a "full-blown conflict" on a par with Syria, the United Nations' top human rights official warned on Tuesday, urging states with influence to take immediate and impactful action to halt the (...)
The United Nations Country Team in Myanmar reiterated its call for an end to violence against civilians, amid reports of dozens of deaths in the latest crackdown on protests against the military takeover.
More than 80 people lost their lives on (...)
At least 82 people were killed in one day in a crackdown by Myanmar security forces on pro-democracy protesters, according to reports Saturday from independent local media and an organization that keeps track of casualties since the February (...)
Clashes between the Myanmar security forces and regional armed groups, which have involved military airstrikes, have reportedly claimed the lives of at least 17 civilians in several parts of the country, the UN Office for Coordination of (...)
