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Ten events; ten photos | From Christmas in Tehran to Myanmar elections

Dec 28, 2025 04:58

Pars Today – Ten major global events as captured in images.
Myanmar's ethnic minority fighters capture key trading town near China border

Dec 17, 2023 05:03

Ethnic minority fighters combating Myanmar’s junta have claimed capturing a trading hub in Shan state, after China’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire.
Indonesia prevents Myanmar's Muslim refugee boats from reaching shore

Nov 25, 2023 11:05

Indonesian police and fisherman have started patrolling parts of the country’s westernmost province to prevent boats of Myanmar's Muslim refugees from reaching the shore.
Myanmar’s top court declines to hear jailed Suu Kyi’s appeals

Oct 09, 2023 05:04

Myanmar’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected appeals by Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers to overturn her conviction in some corruption cases brought against the ousted leader by the military regime.
Rohingya Muslims demand safe return to home after 6 years of exodus

Aug 25, 2023 11:29

Rohingya Muslim refugees demand their safe return to their homeland, Myanmar, on the sixth anniversary of the violence that forced them to flee to Bangladesh.
Several drown after Rohingya boat breaks up off Myanmar: Rescuers

Aug 11, 2023 03:45

At least 17 people have drowned and dozens more remain missing when a boat carrying persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar's Rakhine state broke up at sea earlier this week.
UN probe finds 'dramatic increase' in Myanmar war crimes

Aug 09, 2023 04:53

The United Nations says it has evidence that Myanmar's military has been "committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes" since they took power in a coup d'état more than two years ago.
Ousted Myanmar leader’s 33-year jail term cut by six years

Aug 01, 2023 11:33

Myanmar junta partially pardoned charges against the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, cutting her 33-year jail sentence by six years.
Top ICC prosecutor vows swift probe into Myanmar's genocide against Rohingya Muslims

Jul 09, 2023 04:35

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has pledged to speed up efforts to launch a probe into the widely reported atrocities committed by Myanmar's military and radical Buddhist mobs against hundreds of thousands of the country's minority Rohingya Muslims.
Airstrikes kill ten people in Sagaing region of Myanmar: Reports

Jun 29, 2023 05:21

A Myanmar military airstrike on a village has reportedly killed ten civilians as fighting ravages swathes of the country since a military coup in 2021 toppled Myanmar's democratically-elected government and put the junta at the helm.