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Red Cross visits Aung San Suu Kyi after Myanmar military pushed to prove she is alive
Published: August 3, 2026 11:00
Meeting follows years of questions over wellbeing of detained former leader, who was ousted by coup in 2021Myanmarâs detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the aidâŠ
Family of missing footballer fear he is among 500 believed dead in Myanmar shipwrecks
Published: July 25, 2026 09:00
Siraz Ullah is one of hundreds of Rohingya refugees to take perilous sea journey to Malaysia to escape violence and persecutionThe fear was audible as he spoke, recording a message to his family, asking for their prayers. After pressing send, 24-year-oldâŠ
âWe feel like we are failingâ: Myanmar doctor speaks out as health system teeters on âbrink of collapseâ
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/24/myanmar-healthcare-system-health-doctors
Published: July 24, 2026 02:24
Elleâs story is one of personal sacrifice, deciding to help people despite the risk of attack by the military. Her story reflects that of a healthcare system in perilWhen Myanmarâs junta seized power in a 2021 coup, Elle* and a fellow doctor fled to theâŠ
More than 500 feared dead after reports of two shipwrecks off Myanmar, UN says
Published: July 16, 2026 07:22
Vessels believed to have departed from Myanmar in late June, with mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboardThe United Nations has said more than 500 people are feared dead after reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June.The UNâsâŠ
âCompound shock effectâ: why the Middle East crisis and El Niño could spell disaster in south-east Asia
Published: June 23, 2026 04:39
Millions of tonnes of the worldâs food could be lost amid the uncertainties surrounding the strait of Hormuz and the dangers of a âGodzilla-strengthâ El Niño When the US and Israel launched the war on Iran, south-east Asian nations were amongst the firstâŠ
How paragliding soldiers carrying bombs rain destruction on Myanmarâs villages
Published: June 22, 2026 10:00
Military evades sanctions by using hobbyistsâ motorised aircraft to bomb civilians in opposition-held territoryThey appear after midnight, slowly crossing Myanmarâs skies. The motorised paragliders are improvised aircraft, suspending small metal framesâŠ
Attacks on education, pupils and staff around the world up by 40%, says study
Published: June 15, 2026 04:00
Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA saysAttacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, injured,âŠ
The Guardian view on literature in wartime: words do not stop when the bombing begins | Editorial
Published: June 12, 2026 17:07
Writers do not only document the horror of conflict; they speak to a future that must exist beyond itLast week, thousands of readers gathered for a literary festival in Kyiv, risking air raids to hear from writers. Four brutal years of war have notâŠ
China arrests US academic at conference for âespionage activitiesâ
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/12/china-arrests-us-academic-min-zin-espionage
Published: June 12, 2026 10:27
Arrest of Min Zin, who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy, comes just month after Trump visit to BeijingChina has arrested a US scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy on suspicion of spying.Min Zin was suspected ofâŠ
Tortured, humiliated and killed: the women who disappear into Myanmarâs prisons
Published: June 11, 2026 04:00
The military junta has detained thousands of political prisoners since the 2021 coup, and a pattern of gender-based abuses is becoming clearIn August 2021, news spread across a Myanmar protestersâ network that Thazin*, an activist and former universityâŠ
US diplomat found dead in Myanmar as police treat case as possible homicide
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/10/us-diplomat-found-dead-myanmar
Published: June 10, 2026 12:30
Thai woman is in custody in connection with investigation after man was reportedly found dead at a hotel in YangonA US diplomat has been found dead in Myanmarâs largest city, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has beenâŠ
Trump-ally Roger Stone condemned for providing lobbying services to Myanmarâs military junta
Published: May 8, 2026 00:57
Stone being paid $50,000 a month to ârebuildâ relations between Washington and Myanmarâs military-backed governmentUS lobbyist Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of Donald Trump, has been condemned for accepting $50,000 a month to ârebuildâ relationsâŠ
Myanmarâs former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved to house arrest, state media says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/01/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-house-arrest
Published: April 30, 2026 22:40
Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by the junta and her whereabouts unclear amid a deadly civil war triggered by the February 2021 coupMyanmarâs detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday, more thanâŠ