Breaking News Around the World: U.S.-China Tariff Deal, Iran Sanctions & Global Headlines - May 13, 2025 #InternationalNewsToday, #USTariffDeal, #IranSanctions, #GlobalTradeUpdates, #TaiwanChinaTensions, #MiddleEastConflict, #LondonPowerOutage, #MyanmarCrisis, https://t.co/8DKSr3cGsl on https://twitter.com/AcerboLivio/status/1922183050730856648

The #floods have killed at least 33 people in the country and displaced more than 235,000 people, the #junta said.

But there are fears the actual death toll could be far higher, as the true scale of the devastation is only just emerging.

Communication with much of the affected region has been cut off by #landslides and heavy #flooding. #MyanmarCrisis

#Myanmar junta issues rare appeal for foreign aid as scale of #TyphoonYagi devastation emerges
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/myanmar-junta-issues-rare-appeal-for-foreign-aid-as-scale-of-typhoon-yagi-devastation-emerges/ar-AA1qzb5K

#Ruili, in #China’s southwestern province of #Yunnan, is a main route for people and goods heading to and from #Myanmar, but China has reported artillery shells injuring residents and damaging structures in its territory amid rising conflict across the border in Myanmar’s #ShanState

#MyanmarCrisis

China steps up armed patrols on border as Myanmar conflict deepens
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-steps-up-armed-patrols-on-border-as-myanmar-conflict-deepens/ar-AA1pqydG?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

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"They cannot win and indeed are losing at a rate they can never recover from,” said #ZacharyAbuza, a #SoutheastAsia expert and professor at the #NationalWarCollege in #Washington, referring to #Myanmar’s generals. “#Beijing wants to ensure that the military still has a seat at the table.”

#MyanmarCrisis

#China pushes to secure Myanmar military a seat at the table as junta falters
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3275684/china-pushes-secure-myanmar-militarys-seat-table-junta-falters?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage

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#Bangladesh is in no position to accept more #Rohingya refugees from #Myanmar, the South Asian nation's de-facto foreign minister, #MohammadTouhidHossain, told Reuters on Thursday, asking neighbouring #India and other countries to do more.

#MyanmarCrisis

Wounded and grieving, Rohingya flee deadly attacks in Myanmar
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wounded-and-grieving-rohingya-flee-deadly-attacks-in-myanmar/ar-AA1oWraY?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

#Myanmar's junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had taken control of the key regional army headquarters.

#MyanmarCrisis

#MyanmarJunta says senior officers held as rebels seize major base
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-junta-says-senior-officers-held-rebels-seize-major-base-rcna165308

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Ruser, the geospatial analyst, said that while the ingredients for clashes between ethnic armed organisations exist, the groups have indicated a preference for resolving their differences through compromise and without resorting to violence. “I think there is a group mentality that this is the potential for a #NewMyanmar,” he said.

#MyanmarCrisis

Potential for new #Myanmar’ as anti-coup forces push new northern offensive
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/1/potential-for-new-myanmar-as-anti-coup-forces-push-new-northern-offensive?traffic_source=rss&utm_source=press.coop

#PennyWong made the comments at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN) foreign ministers meeting, where the crisis in ASEAN member #Myanmar has divided the bloc. #MyanmarCrisis

#Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong urged #MyanmarJunta to "take a different path" from its bloody crackdown on dissent
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australia-fm-calls-on-myanmar-junta-to-take-different-path/ar-BB1qInL9

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The government met with commercial banks and state agencies to investigate such transactions after a UN expert reported on a surge in money moved via #ThaiBanks for #weapons that were used by the #junta against the civilian population. #MyanmarCrisis

#Thailand to set up task force to prevent transactions for #Myanmar arms
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2835537/thailand-to-set-up-task-force-to-prevent-transactions-for-myanmar-arms

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In 2017 #Gambia, a predominantly Muslim #WestAfrican country, filed a case against #Myanmar at the #ICJ accusing it of committing genocide against the #Rohingya, a minority Muslim group in Myanmar. #ASEAN #SoutheastAsia #MyanmarCrisis #TheHague

#France, #Britain and others allowed to intervene in Myanmar ICJ #genocide case
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/912185/france-britain-and-others-allowed-to-intervene-in-myanmar-icj-genocide-case/story/

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#ThaiBanks have now become the main source through which the #Myanmar military is buying #weapons and #MilitarySupplies – including parts for #HelicopterGunships – used to support its three-year civil war that has devastated the country and killed more than 5,000 #civilians. #MyanmarCrisis #ASEAN

#Thailand is now the #MyanmarJunta’s favored banking destination as military attacks ramp up, #UN expert says
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/27/asia/myanmar-junta-weapons-thailand-banks-intl-hnk/index.html

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In the three years since #Myanmar erupted into heavy fighting between the #military and #AntiCoup forces, the military has also retaliated against #civilians with #AirStrikes, #Shelling, other types of #killings and #arson – actions that #United Nations-appointed human rights investigators have said amount to #WarCrimes. #MyanmarCrisis

Scarred by war #children in Myanmar ‘cannot have the life they used to have’
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/27/scarred-by-war-children-in-myanmar-cannot-have-the-life-they-used-to-have

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#Myanmar has been caught in a spiral of violence since the #ArakanArmy, last November ended a ceasefire that had largely held since the army took over in a 2021 coup.

#Activists have accused the Arakan Army of targeting the #Rohingya Muslim minority during an offensive in the town of #Buthidaung near the border with #Bangladesh. #MyanmarCrisis

#UN sounds alarm over atrocities as rebels renew fighting with Myanmar’s military junta
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-rakhine-junta-violence-un-rights-b2547975.html

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#BANGKOK -- Moves by #Thailand and #Japan to engage with #Myanmar's resistance indicate a shift in policies that previously favored #Naypyitaw's military regime and excluded key resistance organizations such as the parallel #NationalUnityGovernment. #MyanmarCrisis

Thailand, Japan signal policy shifts on engaging Myanmar's resistance
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Thailand-Japan-signal-policy-shifts-on-engaging-Myanmar-s-resistance

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Whether that unity among resistance forces will continue if the regime falls is an open question.

“On one hand, Myanmar is not #Syria — there is common cause in fighting the regime,” Michaels said. “But at the same time..there are at least indicators of potential future conflicts between groups." #MyanmarCrisis

#CivilianCasualties rise in #Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-05-09/civilian-casualties-rise-in-myanmars-civil-war-as-resistance-forces-tighten-noose-around-military

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"It became clear that the #BGF had been playing both sides and that it ultimately pivoted to assist the military regime, leading to the photo op of the #Myanmar flag once again being raised over the base,” Jason Tower, the Myanmar director of the United States Institute of Peace (#USIP) told #AlJazeera. #MyanmarCrisis

A sanctioned strongman and the ‘fall’ of Myanmar’s #Myawaddy
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/1/a-sanctioned-strongman-and-the-fall-of-myanmars-myawaddy

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Three years since a coup restored full military rule in Myanmar, armed #rebels are on the offensive. The country’s civil war is often painted in terms of ethnic strife — yet the opposition forces alone uphold the hope of an inclusive #democracy. #MyanmarCrisis

In #Myanmar, Military Rule Is Faltering
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-myanmar-military-rule-is-faltering/ar-AA1nRTkc?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&cvid=977e906e85124e8bb44e872ce72aa436&ei=23&PC=EMMX0ñ

Among neighboring countries, there is a "self-serving and cynical" foreign policy approach that keeps all options open, Criss Group's Horsey said. "They understand the coup was bad. They understand very bad things are happening in Myanmar. But for their own interest, they've maintained close relations with the regime." #ASEAN #MyanmarCrisis #TootSEA

#Myanmar: Civil war of 'many against many' tearing country up
https://www.dw.com/en/myanmar-civil-war-of-many-against-many-tearing-country-up/a-68938965?maca=en-vam_tcs_volltext_dwcom-32885-xml-media

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The struggle for #Myawaddy has highlighted the role played by Colonel #SawChitThu, his militia and sprawling business enterprise, underlining his outsized influence in the strategically vital territory.

The #KarenNationalArmy (KNA) he leads has long had a presence in the region lying across from #Thailand, which has become a key battleground. #MyanmarCrisis

Myanmar warlord at centre of battle for key border town
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/myanmar-warlord-at-centre-of-battle-for-key-border-town/ar-AA1nGQJY

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#Thailand called on Friday for the regional bloc #ASEAN to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled #Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its border that halted trade and led to a brief influx of refugees. #MyanmarCrisis

Thailand urges bigger ASEAN role in resolving Myanmar conflict
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/thailand-urges-bigger-asean-role-in-resolving-myanmar-conflict/ar-AA1nIiHr

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