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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Sentence Reduced: Still Imprisoned Amid Ongoing Political Turmoil in Myanmar | World News

[ad_1] Myanmar cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s 27-year sentence by one-sixth, but Nobel laureate remains in prison Myanmar has reduced the sentence of imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi by one-sixth, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday, but the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate remains in detention at an undisclosed location.Suu Kyi was serving […]

Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing elected as President

[ad_1] Min Aung Hlaing has been elected president of Myanmar after winning a parliamentary vote dominated by pro-military lawmakers, formalising his control over the country five years after leading a coup against an elected government.The 69-year-old general secured the presidency following a vote in a parliament largely controlled by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development […]

40 Killed, 80 injured in Myanmar: Paragliders drop bombs on Buddhist festival celebrations; children among dead

[ad_1] Thadingyut festival (PTI) At least 40 people were killed and around 80 others were injured in a paramotor attack on a festival and protest in central Myanmar on Monday, a spokesperson for the exiled National Unity Government told the BBC.Hundreds had gathered in Chaung U township in central Myanmar on Monday evening for the […]

At least 23 dead after airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar

[ad_1] People check the debris at the building in a Buddhist monastery that was allegedly hit by the military’s airstrike (AP photo) BANGKOK: An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region killed at least 23 people who were taking shelter in the compound, separate sources said Friday.The overnight aerial attack on the […]