Rising food and fuel prices linked to the Middle East crisis are worsening hunger across Myanmar, prompting the European Union to provide EUR 8 million in emergency assistance through the World Food Programme.
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar early Monday, with tremors felt across parts of Bangladesh, including Chattogram. No casualties or major damage were immediately reported.
The United Kingdom is considering sanctions against the Arakan Army and its political wing amid mounting allegations of abuses against Rohingya civilians and other violations in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
Myanmar security forces have launched one of their largest coordinated operations against cross-border scam networks, taking full control of the notorious Shwe Kokko complex in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, and detaining 346 foreign nationals, the majority of them Chinese.