Myanmar’s Mandalay international airport suspended all international flights after a drone attack by anti-military rebels, while domestic services were shifted to a nearby airport, Myanmar Airways International said.
International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to deliver a verdict in October in Gambia’s Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar, Gambia’s attorney general and justice minister, Dawda A. Jallow, said Thursday.
Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh marked the ninth anniversary of the 2017 Myanmar military crackdown by renewing calls for safe, voluntary, and dignified repatriation.
Bangladesh is set to challenge Myanmar over sharply conflicting figures on how many Rohingya refugees fled Rakhine State and are now living in Bangladesh.
A proposed pipeline carrying natural gas from Myanmar to Bangladesh would require cooperation from the Arakan Army because the armed group controls much of the territory along the planned route, analysts said.
Myanmar’s military-backed government has released rare photographs of imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi as concerns grow about her health.
Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed Sunday to expand bilateral trade, improve connectivity and pursue conditions for the voluntary return of Rohingya refugees, officials said.
Rapid Action Battalion officers arrested two Myanmar citizens and seized 507,000 Yaba tablets during an overnight operation near the Naf River border in southeastern Bangladesh, an official said.
Myanmar has agreed to repatriate 300,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and 5,000 from Malaysia, according to an announcement attributed to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Bangladesh is considering a barbed-wire fence along its border with Myanmar as fighting and insurgent activity across the frontier raise security concerns, home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said.
