Myanmar
Myanmar’s collapse: The crisis Israel can’t escape - opinion
Critics conveniently inflate Israel's role, turning it into a symbolic villain in a narrative that ignores the real drivers of violence: the generals, the local conflicts, and the regional giants.
Why is Myanmar's junta holding an election during a civil war? - explainer
Final phase of Myanmar's election underway, military-backed party set to win
Case accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya to open at ICJ
Myanmar soldiers accused of killing 11 after charred remains found
Video footage purporting to show the burned bodies was circulated on social media and images were published by some media, including the Myanmar Now news portal.
Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar violence
A US class-action complaint argues that the company's failures to police content and its platform's design contributed to violence against the Rohingya community.
UN postpones decision on Taliban, Myanmar junta recognition
The credentials committee is unlikely to again consider the rival claims to represent Afghanistan and Myanmar until late 2022.
World condemns Myanmar for conviction of ousted leader Suu Kyi
The United States, EU, UN, the UK and Japan all condemned Myanmar for sentencing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years in detention.
Taliban, Myanmar junta unlikely to be let into UN for now - diplomats
The committee will likely defer its decisions on the representation of Afghanistan and Myanmar on the understanding that the current ambassadors for both countries remain in the seats.
Freed journalist Danny Fenster celebrates personal Hanukkah miracle
Fenster, the journalist freed from Myanmar on November 15, will be honored in his native Detroit’s Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony on Sunday.
How a determined Jewish community brought home journalist Danny Fenster
Danny Fenster, a 37-year-old Jewish journalist from Huntington Woods, had been held since May 24 in a Myanmar prison by the country’s military junta.
Myanmar frees US Jewish journalist after negotiations with ex-US diplomat
Fenster was among dozens of media workers detained in Myanmar since the February 1 coup.
Who is Danny Fenster, Jewish-US journalist jailed in Myanmar?
Fenster's trial has been conducted in military-run courts inside the prison with no access for outside observers.
Myanmar jails Jewish US journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years
He is the first Western journalist to be jailed in recent years in Myanmar following its military coup.
