Rohingya ’happy’ at ICC request for Myanmar junta chief warrant

For Rohingya refugees who fled brutal violence in Myanmar, the announcement Wednesday that the International Criminal Court prosecutor was seeking an arrest warrant for the junta chief sparked celebrations.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor announced on Wednesday that his office is pursuing an arrest warrant for Myanmar`s junta leader in connection with crimes against humanity targeting the Rohingya Muslim community.

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the presidential election and called for stable ties between the world`s two largest economies.

Myanmar`s military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has embarked on his first visit to China since seizing power in 2021.

Chinese President Xi Jinping asked US President Joe Biden last year to change the language the United States uses when discussing its position on Taiwanese independence, according to two US officials familiar with the private conversation.

Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory and inspiring others to attack around the country.

Amnesty International has reported that the Rohingya community in Myanmar is facing its most severe threat since 2017, as newly arrived refugees in Bangladesh urgently need food, shelter, and medical care following extreme violence. 

A group of Russian navy ships arrived in war-torn Myanmar to join maritime exercises with the military junta`s navy, Myanmar state media said on Monday.

Iran, Russia and Oman have launched joint naval exercises in the Indian Ocean, with Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Pakistan, Qatar and Bangladesh participating as observers.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the People`s Liberation Army`s Rocket Force to enhance their "deterrence and combat capabilities" during an inspection on Thursday.

Increasingly intense floods and droughts are a `distress signal` of what is to come as climate change makes the planet`s water cycle ever more unpredictable, the United Nations said Monday.

A new report from Burmese activist groups is calling on French-based airline manufacturer Airbus to use its influence with Aviation Industry Corporation of China, or AVIC, to pressure the Chinese firm to end its arms sales to the Myanmar junta.

Myanmar’s military regime has stepped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents with tens of thousands of people arrested since the coup more than three years ago, according to a United Nations report.

China said Monday it would hold joint military exercises with Russia this month, as the allies deepen ties that have seen NATO dub Beijing an `enabler` of Moscow`s war in Ukraine.

The Myanmar military has designated three major ethnic armed groups that have advanced across swaths of northern and western Myanmar over the past year as `terrorist` groups.

Developing countries are suffering due to the `waning multilateralism spirit,` Indonesia`s outgoing President Joko Widodo said Monday.