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Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead and missing in shipwrecks in 2025, UNHCR says

The Rohingya mainly leave from huge camps in Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees forced to flee across the border from Myanmar's Rakhine state live in squalid conditions.

Myanmar's military junta says hospital it bombed killing dozens was used as based by armed groups

Myanmar's military junta says hospital it bombed killing dozens was used as based by armed groups

Myanmar’s military junta says Wednesday’s airstrikes on a hospital in the western town of Mrauk-U that killed more than 30 people was part of a counter-terrorism operation targeting armed groups using the facility as a base for their operations.

Myanmar military claims armed opposition groups used hospital hit by airstrike as base

Myanmar military claims armed opposition groups used hospital hit by airstrike as base

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged there was an airstrike on a general hospital in western Rakhine state, which a local rescuer and media reports said killed over 30 people, including patients, medical staff, and children

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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 war

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Myanmar military accused of possible war crime after 34 killed in hospital strike

Hospital in an area controlled by a leading rebel force ‘completely destroyed’

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Rohingya Muslims plead for help at the UN to stop the killings in Myanmar

Rohingya Muslims have pleaded with the international community at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the plight of the ethnic minority to prevent the mass killings taking place in Myanmar and to help those in the persecuted group lead normal lives

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Military airstrike on schools in western Myanmar kills at least 18 people, most of them students

An armed group and local media reports say Myanmar’s military has conducted an airstrike on two private schools in a village, killing at least 18 people, mostly students

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Rohingya refugees face uncertain future 8 years after fleeing Myanmar: ‘Are our lives not as important?’

Rohingya refugees face uncertain future 8 years after fleeing Myanmar: ‘Are our lives not as important?’

IN FOCUS: As the international community is urged to find a sustainable solution to the Rohingya refugee crisis, Bangladesh says it has no scope to allocate more resources. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

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Bleak Future For Rohingya, As Bangladesh Seeks To Tackle Crisis

Bleak Future For Rohingya, As Bangladesh Seeks To Tackle Crisis

The rain was relentless the night Mohammad Kaisar fled for his life from his home in Myanmar's Maungdaw township.

International Business Times

China, India watch as Arakan Army advances on key western frontier

China, India watch as Arakan Army advances on key western frontier

Arakan Army fighters seize 14 of 17 townships in Rakhine, pledge to liberate entire frontier state in western Myanmar.

Desperate Myanmar Villagers Scavenge For Food As Hunger Bites

Desperate Myanmar Villagers Scavenge For Food As Hunger Bites

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.

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UN Considering Humanitarian Channel From Bangladesh To Myanmar

UN Considering Humanitarian Channel From Bangladesh To Myanmar

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday the organisation is exploring the possibility of a humanitarian aid channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar.

International Business Times

How Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees feel about Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘She was a rag doll who never had absolute power’

How Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees feel about Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘She was a rag doll who never had absolute power’

ON THE GROUND: Rohingya Muslims tell of their changing view of Aung San Suu Kyi, seeing her as one of their own – a victim of the military – as she languishes in solitary confinement. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh

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Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war

Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war

SPECIAL DISPATCH: Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state, young Rohingya men are now being forcibly conscripted to fight for both the junta and the rebels. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh

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‘We’ve lost all hope’: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border

Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar are being detained and forced back by Bangladeshi border guards

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Myanmar junta air strike kills 28 people, rebel group says

It was not clear if airstrike in western Rakhine state was mistargeted or if junta was unaware of temporary detention area’s location

At least 40 killed in Myanmar military air attack in Rakhine State, UN says

Attack on village of Kyauk Ni Maw, in Ramree island township, kills more than 40 people and destroys about 500 homes.

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Myanmar junta airstrike kills 40 people and burns down 500 houses in Rakhine – reports

Strike on Arakan Army stronghold sparks massive fire

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Airstrike In Myanmar Village Kills 40, Injures 20

Tragic airstrike in Myanmar's Rakhine state highlights civilian casualties amid escalating conflict and calls for international intervention.

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An army airstrike on a village in western Myanmar has killed at least 40 people, reports say

An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group has killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity say

Myanmar Airstrike Kills 40 In Village, Injures 20

Tragic airstrike in Myanmar's Rakhine state village leads to casualties and destruction, highlighting ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis.

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An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters

A powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar is claiming to have scored a major victory in the war against the ruling military, even as neighboring nations at a meeting in Thailand were discussing efforts to end the conflict peacefully

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Ethnic armed group claims capture of key western Myanmar town near border with Bangladesh

One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army claims it has captured the last military outpost in a strategic western town, gaining full control of the 270-kilometer (170-mile) -long border with Bangladesh

Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN

UNDP says without urgent action, 95 percent of the population will regress into survival mode.

UN Warns Of Imminent Famine In Myanmar's Rakhine State

UNDP report warns of imminent humanitarian catastrophe in Myanmar's Rakhine state, urging urgent action to prevent starvation and suffering.

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