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    • NewsCivilians hide under a footpath following an airstrike in Sagaing Region’s Khin-U Township on December 19, 2025.
      Myanmar NowFebruary 5, 2026

      Junta airstrike hits monastery shelter in Sagaing, killing father and son

      At least two civilians were killed and four others wounded when a paramotor attack struck a monastery sheltering displaced villagers near Monywa, resistance sources said

    • NewsSmoke drifts over a village in Rakhine State’s Ramree (Yanbye) Township after a bombing raid by regime forces that killed 41 people in January 2025. (Supplied).
      Myanmar NowFebruary 5, 2026

      ‘New levels of depravity’: Myanmar’s crisis worsens five years after coup, Human Rights Watch warns

      The rights group details the spiraling human toll of Myanmar’s conflict, from hunger to airstrikes, in a new report

    • NewsMyanmar’s parliamentary complex and ministry zone in Naypyitaw, seen through a fence shortly after the military ousted the country’s civilian-led, elected government in the coup of February 2021 (Photo: AFP)
      Myanmar NowFebruary 4, 2026

      Newly created advisory council opens path for Myanmar military to retain power

      While the future political role of junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing remains uncertain, becoming chair of the newly formed council could grant him a formal role overseeing Myanmar’s civilian administration while staying on as the military’s commander-in-chief

    • NewsSmoke is seen rising over Thantlang, Chin State following heavy shelling by junta artillery in October 2021. A file submitted by the Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) in Dili, now under review by a senior Timorese prosecutor, reportedly contains evidence demonstrating the Myanmar military’s breaches of international law, including attacks on religious buildings and civilian infrastructure (Photo: The Chinland Post)
      Myanmar NowFebruary 3, 2026

      In unprecedented move among ASEAN members, Timor-Leste opens war crimes case against Myanmar 

      A senior Timorese prosecutor is reviewing a dossier submitted by the Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO), containing evidence of what the group describes as grievous human rights violations by the Myanmar military

    • NewsTraffic police on duty along a road in Naypyitaw on December 29, 2025 (Photo: AFP)
      Myanmar NowJanuary 30, 2026

      Two men sentenced to death for rape, murder of pregnant woman in Naypyitaw

      The killers were also handed lengthy prison sentences on other charges, including robbery and causing the death of the woman’s unborn child

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