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- Africa, Europe, Gaza, Human rights, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Palestine, Russia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, World news
Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world
Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars…
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Dozens killed in hospital strike in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state
Conflict monitors say the junta has increased airstrikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil warDo…
- Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Global development, Human rights, Human trafficking, Law, Malaysia, Migration, Migration and development, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘A generation lost at sea’: the desperate Rohingya falling prey to traffickers as they flee Bangladesh
Barred from work and school in Bangladesh, thousands of refugees are making the perilous voyage to Malaysia by…
- Donald Trump, Fifa, Football, Football politics, Gianni Infantino, Myanmar, South and Central Asia, Sport, US news, World Cup, World Cup 2026, World news
Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize
Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed…
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Thailand seizes more than $300m in assets and issues 42 arrest warrants in cyberscam crackdown
Seizures and warrants involve Chinese-Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi, who heads US-sanctioned Prince Group, and Cam…
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What are scam centres – explained in 30 seconds
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become havens for the multibillion dollar scam industry, which has proliferate…
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Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep …
- Aid, Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
No soap, no tents, no food: Rohingya families fight for survival as aid plummets
In Bangladesh, over a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp depend on aid – and cuts mean new arr…
- Myanmar, Myanmar coup, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US immigration
‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status
Thousands of Myanmar diaspora are at risk of deportation, after the US said they no longer required Temporary …
- Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, US politics, World news
Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals
Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to electio…
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The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponise…
- Asia Pacific, Global development, Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Thailand, United Nations, USAid, World news
Thailand to let Myanmar refugees work to counter aid cuts and labour shortages
The move, welcomed by UN, will allow thousands of people living in camps to support themselves and their famil…
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Thousands detained as Myanmar military raids notorious KK park scam compound
Myanmar's military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media repo…
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Who are Chen Zhi and the Prince Group, accused by the US and UK of large-scale scam operations?
US treasury department has sanctioned Chinese-born Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi – alleged mastermind of a cyber-c…
- Asia Pacific, Elon Musk, Myanmar, Satellites, South and Central Asia, Technology, US Congress, US politics
US Congress committee investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centres
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest …