‘I don’t want to kill’: Conscription law sparks fear in war-torn Myanmar
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NEW YORK (AP) — A leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it to make nuclear weapons, U.S. prosecutors alleged Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged the leader of a Japanese crime syndicate with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons, the Justice Department said.
US authorities said on Wednesday that they had charged a member of the Japanese yakuza criminal underworld with handling nuclear material sourced from Myanmar and seeking to sell it to fund an illicit arms deal.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military government said it will exempt women for the time being from mandatory conscription set to begin in late April, in what may be a response to public outcry over the move.
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Hundreds of people living in a remote northeastern Indian state bordering strife-torn Myanmar on Wednesday protested the Indian government’s decision to scrap a limited free border movement between the countries.
DHAKA -- Bangladesh faces intensifying pressure to accept more Rohingya Muslims fleeing the civil war in neighboring Myanmar, a burden the government in Dhaka insists it cannot bear.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- The number of electric vehicles in Myanmar has increased more than sixfold in a year as the military regime exempts EVs from tariffs and imposes an import ban against gasoline-powered autos.