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The CAA grants citizenship to the followers of six religions – Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsees and Christians – who came to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before 2015 and faced religious persecution. Muslims, however, are conspicuously absent from the list.
BANGKOK -- Civilian casualties in Myanmar caused by landmines and other explosive devices tripled in 2023, as the three-year civil war there entered a new phase of intense fighting with ethnic armed groups gaining territory from the military regime.
The number of civilian casualties, including children, who were killed or maimed by landmines and explosive ordnance in Myanmar more than doubled last year to 1,052, the UN children's agency said on Thursday (April 4), as conflict raged in the impoverished country.
BEIJING -- China began live-fire exercises near its border with Myanmar on Tuesday as it presses the country's military and armed ethnic groups to abide by a January truce brokered by Beijing.
The India-led project aims to link Kolkata in India with the Sittwe seaport in Rakhine, primarily via the Bay of Bengal, covering more than 500km.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Mobile providers in Myanmar are finding themselves caught between the military's tightening grip and investor concerns over human rights, raising questions about their ability to continue providing a critical service in the country.
They could not worship freely. The authorities denied their very existence and razed evidence of their historical communities. Then came a campaign of ethnic cleansing that forced them to flee to a foreign country where they crowded into bamboo-and-tarp shelters. There they have waited years for a better life.
