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Myanmar sacks UN envoy after his speech against military junta

Kyaw Moe Tun, who was sacked from the post of Myanmar's envoy to the United Nations on Saturday (Image credit: The National)

Just a day after Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun called upon the international community to take “the strongest possible action… to restore democracy” in his country the military junta in power in Yangon fired him on…

US tightens screw on Myanmar’s military junta

Former Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Auu Kyi (File Photo, Image credit: NDTV.com)

More than ten days after the military coup in Myanmar, the United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on ten current and former military officers who were behind the coup against the democratically elected government in the country. It needs to…

Outcry over shifting of Rohingya refugees to Bay of Bengal island

Rohingya refugees en route to the Bangladeshi island of Bhasan Char (File Photo, Image credit: The New York Times)

The decision of Bangladesh government to shift about one lakh Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazaar to Bhasan Char, a newly created island formed by sedimentation has evoked international criticism. There are in all eight lakh Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar…

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December 8, 2020