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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 07, 2025 Morning
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 07, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. NUG Ministry of Human Rights welcomes UN resolution confirming human rights situation of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar July 6 Radio NUG The Ministry of Human Rights under the...

Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 07, 2025 Morning
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 07, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. Confessions of Junta Prisoners Captured from Taw Wi Outpost Released July 6 Radio NUG The Taw Kyikan Guerrilla Column has released confessions from junta personnel captured during the...

Myanmar military regains control of Mobye Town from KNPP, KNDF, and PDF forces
According to a statement by the State Administration Council (SAC), the military has launched a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in Kayah State since early 2025, regaining control of key towns and roads previously held by armed groups such...

World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 9, 2025
INDONESIA 1.GOVT STAYS MUM ON JOKOWI’S HEALTH -- THE JAKARTA POST Speculations continues to mount over the health of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as government officials remain tight-lipped and offer little clarity about the medical care...
Trump vows no tariff extension, hardens threats on copper, pharma, BRICS
President Donald Trump vowed to push forward with his aggressive tariff regime in the coming days, stressing he would not offer additional extensions on country-specific levies set to now hit in early August while indicating he could announce...

European shares rise on energy, healthcare boost
FRANKFURT: European shares ended higher on Tuesday, boosted by healthcare and energy shares while investors assessed the latest phase of US President Donald Trump’s tariff rollouts, which included a new deadline for trade deals. The pan-European...
Europe: Shares rise on energy, healthcare boost; tariff uncertainty lingers
EUROPEAN shares ended higher on Tuesday, boosted by healthcare and energy shares while investors assessed the latest phase of US President Donald Trump’s tariff rollouts, which included a new deadline for trade deals. The pan-European Stoxx 600...

Carefully do the daily routine to prevent respiratory diseases
The rainy season is a time when respiratory infectious diseases such as seasonal influenza and COVID-19 tend to spread more easily. COVID-19 is no longer classified as a global pandemic, but rather as a locally occurring seasonal infectious...

IFRC calls on international donors to look beyond short-term assistance and not forget quake-hit Myanmar people
Installation of 150 container houses for earthquake-hit employees in Mandalay in May. As media coverage of the earthquake wanes, international donors should look beyond the short-term relief efforts and not forget quake-hit people of Myanmar, said...

Two brothers, a soldier and a rebel, came face-to-face in Myanmar’s ruinous civil war
Instead, he was shocked to see his little brother standing among the rebels. “I thought they were going to kill me right there on the road,” Thein, 38, said after his capture in February. “But when I saw my younger brother, I felt a huge sense of...

China pressures rebels in Myanmar rare-earth belt
The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar. The Kachin Independence Army since December has been battling...

Relatives of Myanmar civil servants restricted from travelling abroad
Myanmar’s military regime has stopped allowing the spouses and children of public employees to hold passports or leave the country, according to a junta order seen by Myanmar Now. The order states that close relatives of civil servants must obtain...

Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 06, 2025 Morning
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 06, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. Armed Resistance is the Only Path to Freedom, Says KNLA Deputy Commander-in-Chief July 5 Radio NUG Major General Saw Baw Kyaw Heh, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Karen National...
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It’s now China vs Myanmar rebels in Kachin, home to half of world’s rare earth supply
The result of a months-long conflict between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military regime in the northern Myanmar highlands will have an impact on the world’s supply of heavy rare earths. As part of the civil war that broke out following...

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 06, 2025 Morning
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 06, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. Spring Revolution Political Dialogue Held in Buffalo, New York, USA July 5 Radio NUG On July 5, a Spring Revolution Political Dialogue was held in Buffalo, New York, United States,...

Myanmar border clash kills Chin fighter, stray bullets hit Mizoram homes
Aizawl, July 6: A fierce gunfight along the Myanmar border claimed the life of a CDF-Hualngoram cadre on Saturday, with stray bullets from the fighting whizzing into Zokhawthar village in Mizoram, damaging at least five homes and a parked car. The...

Four Myanmar nationals, including CNDF cadres, drown fleeing into Mizoram
Aizawl, July 8: Four Myanmar nationals, including three members of the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF), drowned in the Tiau river along the Mizoram-Myanmar border while attempting to flee to India. The incident occurred after CNDF cadres and...

Why China’s ultimatum to Myanmar rebels threatens global supply of heavy rare earths
The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a resistance army and the Chinese-backed military regime in the hills of northern Myanmar. The Kachin Independence Army since December has been...

India News | Security Tightened Along Indo-Myanmar Border Amid Escalating Clashes Across Border
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], July 8 (ANI): Following intense clashes between the Chinland Defence Force-Hualngoram (CDF-H) and the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) inside Myanmar, the Mizoram Police and Assam Rifles have been deployed with...

China risks rare-earth supply to stop Myanmar rebel victory
The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar. The Kachin Independence Army since December has been battling...