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A humanitarian organization that has been feeding more than 100,000 refugees from Myanmar in western Thailand says it only has enough funds left to provide food for one month as the U.S. government’s international aid freeze bites.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26035571

Myanmar’s air force bombed a wedding party for two pro-democracy fighters on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, members of the anti-junta force in the Magway region told Radio Free Asia.

It was not immediately clear if the bride and groom, both members of an insurgent People’s Defense Force, or PDF, in Myaing township were among the casualties, they said.

A Russian delegation led by Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov arrived in Naypyitaw on Saturday for talks with junta boss Min Aung Hlaing on comprehensive economic cooperation and Russian assistance for the country’s electricity crisis, and to sign nine agreements including one that will see Russia invest in the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

Bertil Lintner is a journalist who covered Burma and Asia for decades, and author of several books on Burma and Asia.

The Arakan Army (AA) has initiated an assault on the Dhanyawadi naval facility located in Thit Pote Taung, Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State.

[Kyaukphyu is where the Chinese deep-sea port, the key component of its belt and road initiative is located].

Indian perspective on the geo-political forces at play in Myanmar.

The Arakan Army (AA) initiated simultaneous attacks on at least five military camps in Sittwe Township, Arakan State.

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1620360

A pro-junta Myanmar militia hosting extensive online fraud operations in its zone on the Thai border has said it will deport 8,000 scam center workers, most of them Chinese, from its area as it seeks to close down illegal activities.

Thailand is preparing to issue arrest warrants for leaders of the Myanmar junta-allied Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF) on charges of transnational human trafficking, according to Thai media reports.

The group commonly known as the Ta’ang army painted over symbols representing the culture of the Shan people who make up the town’s majority

U.S. President Donald Trump has extended by one year the declaration of a “national emergency” in Myanmar, a measure that allows Biden-era sanctions against the military junta to continue.