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The Myanmar nurses dodging drones to graduate from a secret jungle school

This week, the first students completed a three-year degree course, ready to treat displaced people and pro-democracy fighters unable to risk government-run hospitals

The Guardian - UK

The Himalayan Monal: The Rare and Colorful Jewel of Mountains

The Rare and Beautiful Himalayan Monal

Spotted in high-altitude Himalayan forests, the Himalayan Monal thrives in cool alpine meadows and dense mountain woodlands.

Himalayan Monals can also dig up to 25cm in the ground while looking for food. They have strong claws and beaks that help them dig deep while…

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Who is US national Matthew VanDyke, arrested in India for terror activities?

A US national, believed to be an American mercenary, Matthew VanDyke was arrested in India along with several others, for terror actvities. The allegations against this group of people were that they were training people in Myanmar linked to insurgents. Though no details of these individuals were released, the name…

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Iran war impact: Sri Lanka shifts to 4-day week to conserve fuel

Sri Lanka has declared Wednesdays a public holiday to conserve fuel amid escalating Middle East tensions impacting global oil supplies. This move, alongside similar measures in other Asian nations like Thailand and Myanmar, aims to mitigate potential shortages. Motorists in Sri Lanka now face fuel rationing, a stark reminder of…

The Times of India

Myanmar’s parliament meets for first time in 5 years with military controlling most seats

Myanmar has opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling military is set to retain a firm grasp on power

The Independent UK

Myanmar’s military adds new fighter jets as civil war rages on

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Myanmar's military boosts air power as it recaptures a key town

Myanmar’s military has commissioned new combat aircraft, state media reports

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Desperate to flee abuse in Cambodian scam compounds, these young Indonesians are now facing suspicion back home

In the first two weeks of March, two young Indonesian women died alone in a hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The Conversation

Student visa ban will shut the door on talent

Letters: Prof Ngaire Woods and Aziz Magid respond to the government’s decision to halt study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

The Guardian - UK

A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them?

Takeshi Ebisawa, sentenced to 20 years in prison last week, believed he was selling weapons-grade plutonium to Iran

The Guardian - US

UK Cracks Down on Student Visas from Sudan, Cameroon, Peru and Myanmar

The UK has imposed an 'emergency brake' on most student visas and skilled work permits from Sudan, Cameroon, Peru, Myanmar and Afghanistan amid claims of widespread asylum system abuse.

International Business Times UK

UK’s partial study visa ban ‘will drive people to small boats’, campaigners say

Ban affecting Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon will mean more people make Channel crossings, charity says

The Guardian - UK

UK halts study visas from four countries to stop students claiming asylum

The British government has imposed an "emergency brake" on visas for students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, in response to what it said was a surge of requests for asylum from people arriving in the United Kingdom to study.

Radio France Internationale

Visa Suspension Shock and UK Travel Warnings Spark Fear Amid Iran, Middle East Conflicts

The UK has imposed a sudden visa suspension on Sudan, Myanmar, Cameroon, and Afghanistan, affecting students, businesses, and families.

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Evening Standard

‘Unprecedented’ visa bans placed on four nations after asylum applications rocket 470%

The Home Office confirmed an ‘emergency brake’ had been placed on UK student visas for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

The Guardian - UK

UK puts emergency brake on study visas for four countries’ nationals

Shabana Mahmood says UK’s generosity abused as study visas halted for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

Evening Standard

UK halts visa routes from four countries amid claims migrants ‘exploiting’ asylum

Study visas for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan have been halted, as have work visas for Afghans.

The Independent UK

UK suspends student visas for four countries over asylum abuse claims

The Home Office has characterised this suspension as an ‘unprecedented’ move

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The Independent UK

No sign of Aung San Suu Kyi as Myanmar’s military pardons 10,000 prisoners

Freed prisoners include 10 foreigners who will be deported

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military government pardons 10,000 prisoners before parliament opens

The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to more than 10,000 prisoners, mostly political prisoners, and reduced other inmates’ sentences to mark a holiday

The Independent UK

Video shows nearly blind refugee being released by Border Patrol, 5 days before his death

Surveillance video of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar being dropped off at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol agents five nights before he was found dead shows him pacing by a locked door and walking through an empty parking lot

The Independent UK

A nearly blind refugee is found dead after Border Patrol agents drop him at Buffalo doughnut shop

Police in New York state are investigating how a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar died after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a doughnut shop in Buffalo

The Times of India

Nearly blind, spoke no English: Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin dies in New York after immigration officers abandon him at coffee shop

A year after his arrest which was a result of a misunderstanding, Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin is found dead in Buffalo. His family members were not informed that he was being released as he was supposed to be taken into ICE custody. But border agents decided not to take him…

The Guardian - UK

Destitute survivors of south-east Asia’s cyberscam farms an ‘international crisis’

Not enough support for freed victims, say aid agencies, with growing numbers sleeping on the streets, unable to travel home without passports or money

The Independent UK

Myanmar's new parliament is to convene next month for its first session after elections

Myanmar's state-run media say the country's newly elected parliament will convene for its first session next month, following an election that critics said was neither free nor fair

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