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

The imminent termination of Temporary Protected Status leaves 4,000 Myanmar nationals in the United States facing the possibility of deportation to their war-ravaged country.

In the remote village of Shingkawng in Kawnglanghpu Township, Putao District, Kachin State, residents are enduring hardships as the junta and an allied militia group jointly block the transport of goo...

Villagers have died and others are missing due to flash floods that hit two villages in Theinkone Village Tract, in Pindaya Township, southern Shan State on 28 July 2025. At around 3:00 am, torrents o...

Mon State communities affected by tornadoes and strong winds on 23 July 2025, that were the tail end of Cyclone Wipha, have yet to receive any assistance from the junta. On 23 July, tornadoes and stro...

The 1,094 displaced people (IDPs) sheltering in Ganantaung camp in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan (Rakhine) State are in urgent need of food and medical supplies according to camp officials and residents....

People displaced (IDPs) from Minpalaung Village in Ywangan Township in southern Shan State, currently sheltering in forest nearby the village, urgently need medical assistance following a malaria outb...

The Karen National Union (KNU) has disputed a report saying the group controls about one third of the border area with Thailand and claims that it instead controls 90 per cent of the border area. The ...

The junta is sending newly drafted conscripts to the frontlines to fight the Arakan Army (AA) and reportedly executes any who attempt to retreat or flee. Two junta soldiers who defected to the AA duri...

The junta has regained control of Naungcho (Nawnghkio) Town in northern Shan State’s Naungcho Township but there is still ongoing heavy fighting on the town’s outskirts. Previously, Naungcho Town was ...

A patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has died in Pauktaw Township, Arakan (Rakhine) State, due to a shortage of antiretroviral (ART) medication needed to treat him. The patient, from Pauk...

Junta authorities in Mon State are using the conscription law to collect and extort money which is being used to support regular junta soldiers and junta-affiliated militias. Residents of Mawlamyine C...

Though thefts have been on the rise in Mon State, the junta has barely responded or taken any action against the thieves, according to residents of the state. Brazen criminals have been using the cove...

34 women were killed and a further 49 injured by the junta across Myanmar during the month of June 2025 according to a 10 July report by the Burmese Women's Union (BWU). 18 of the women were killed by...

The junta has launched an offensive to retake the 15 mile (about 24 km) section of Asia Highway One (AH1) between the towns of Kyondoe and Kawkareik, in Kawkareik Township, resulting in heavy fighting...

Cambodia lodged a petition during the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Thursday, claiming that Wat Phu Man Fah is a copy of Angkor Wat, prompting a response from the Thai delegat...

China separately held individual meetings in early June 2025 with the junta and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) prior to Chinese brokered peace talks between the two groups due to be held i...

A column of junta soldiers that has been moving through Launglon Township since 14 June 2025 has caused residents to flee from nearly 10 more villages in two village tracts in Launglon Township, Tanin...

Many Kachin State townships are struggling with high rates of malaria infection and a shortage of drugs to treat malaria, according to the Kachin Backpack Health Worker Team (Kachin BPHWT). Mr Z, a ps...

Heavy rain has caused massive amounts of water to run-off from higher land and flooded lower-lying areas of Nyaungshwe Township destroying many acres of rice fields. According to residents the runoff ...

Although government-run schools have reopened for the new academic year in Lone Khin Village in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, student attendance remains low due to ongoing instability in the region....

Newborns abandoned as mothers give up hope Beneath a makeshift extension on the ground floor of a dilapidated two-story house, a newborn baby lies on his back, sleeping on a rattan bed. Suddenly, he c...

The early onset of this year’s rainy season has worsened the condition of roads between India and Arakan (Rakhine) State and has led to goods being transported on them becoming damaged. These roads, w...

The number of malaria cases in Rakhine has surged during the monsoon season. Local residents report that malaria is prevalent in Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw, Buthidaung, Maungdaw, Rathedaung, Mrauk-U, and Min...

Thousands of residents from 13 eastern Pekon Township villages in southern Shan State have had to flee their homes due to heavy fighting in the area. On 2 June 2025, junta forces supported by members ...

Gold mining in Homalin Township, northern Sagaing Region has silted up and polluted lakes, rivers and streams so much that fish resources have been severely depleted. Gold mining is happening in many ...

The junta is using Russian-made software in southern Shan State to identify people who joined the anti-coup Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and those wanted under Section 505 of the Penal Code. The ...

After an outbreak of food poisoning at Mae La Refugee camp on the border with Myanmar in Thailand’s Tak Province three people, including a seven-month-old baby were hospitalised. According to official...

A crackdown on unlicensed vehicles by the military junta has intensified in Karen and the Mon States, resulting in the suspension of emergency patient transport services, according to humanitarian res...

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) will allow junta-run schools to re-open soon in rural areas under its control in the Indawgyi Lake area in Kachin State's Monghnyin Township. Since the KIA gave perm...

Heavy rainfall has caused serious flooding in Kyauktaw Township villages on the road between Kyauktaw Town and Mrauk-U Town in neighbouring Mrauk-U Township in Arakan (Rakhine) State. On 2 June 2025, ...

The level of the Ayeyarwady River in the Kachin State capital, Myitkyina City, surpassed its dangerous depth of 12 metres on 2 June 2025, according the Kachin State Department of Meteorology and Hydro...

The junta is cracking down on unregistered vehicles throughout Mon State, seizing unregistered cars and motorcycles and arresting their owners. Junta inspection teams are carrying out checks day and n...

Around 20,000 displaced people (IDPs) who fled from Gwa Town to rural areas of Gwa Township in Arakan (Rakhine) State need urgent assistance and face shortages of medicine and food. An aid worker help...

The Mon National Liberation Army – Anti-Dictatorship (MNLA-AD) and the Mon Liberation Army (MLA) announced on 24 May 2025 that they would join together to form the Ramanya Mon Army (RMA). This follows...

Junta-controlled schools in Mawlamyine City, the Mon State capital, are illicitly collecting fees from students enrolling in school despite the junta’s pledge to provide free education. The junta has ...

Communities in the Inle Lake area of Nyaungshwe Township, southern Shan State still struggling to recover from the deadly 28 March 2025 earthquake now have to confront the risk of flooding. As the rai...

Family members and locals held a protest in a resistance-held area of Tamu Township to demand justice and clarity over the killing of 10 members of the Tamu People's Defence Force (PDF) by the Indian ...

The junta used chemical weapons against Danu People's Liberation Front (DPLF) fighters in the Kyaukgu area of Yatsauk (Lawksawk) Township, southern Shan State on 20 May 2025. As the junta called in re...

17,602 displaced people (IDPs) sheltering in Kyaikto Township in Mon State’s Thaton District are still unable to return home and are in urgent need of food. They have fled from 36 other villages acros...

Junta soldiers executed 11 people in Lelma Village in Gangaw Township, Magway Region on 12 May 2025 and took away a further 12 who were later reportedly executed. On the morning of 12 May junta soldie...

A Kachin Independence Army (KIA)-led coalition has found the wreckage of a junta helicopter that crashed and burst into flames after being damaged by coalition gunfire on 20 May 2025. KIA spokesman Co...

Junta soldiers and police officers have increased their abductions of civilians for conscription in many Mon State townships. Since early May 2025, the junta has been stepping up its abductions of you...

The junta has conscripted 120 youths aged 16 to 20 from Naungmon Town in Kachin state’s Putao District and is forcing them to serve in the junta-aligned Naungmon Township Militia in Khaunglanhpu Towns...

Following the collapse of Chinese brokered negotiations between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the junta on 29 April 2025, the junta launched a series of airstrikes on TNLA controlled ...

The junta has intensified its abductions and forced conscriptions of young men in Mon State, as the 13th round of conscription gets under way. As the junta struggles with severe manpower shortages ami...

The junta has increased security measures at Myitkyina Airport in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina City, since 10 April 2025. Prior to 10 April, Myitkyina Airport was guarded by police officers, ...

Resistance forces based in Tamu Township on the Indian border have urged the Indian government to stop building a border fence that encroaches onto Myanmar territory and to instead engage directly wit...

Because junta airstrikes have been targeting schools in Kyondoe Township, Karen State it is uncertain whether they will be able to re-open for the new academic year. Normally, schools in Myanmar, incl...

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s second junta unilateral ceasefire was criticised as just window dressing to curry favour with the international community before his trip to Russia. Following the deadly...