Myanmar

Japanese mob boss charged with trafficking nuclear material to Iran

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NEW YORK, NY – U.S. legal authorities have brought charges against a prominent figure in the Japanese underworld, Takeshi Ebisawa, for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle nuclear materials from Southeast Asia to Iran. According to the charges, Ebisawa, a reputed Yakuza boss, demonstrated samples of the illicit materials to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, who was impersonating a drug and arms dealer with connections to Iran. The nuclear materials, reportedly …

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Boat sinks, leaving 23 dead and at least 30 more missing

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The bodies of 23 Rohingyas have been recovered after their boat sank while they were attempting to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state. At least 30 others remain missing, while eight people have been reported as survivors. The survivors revealed that their aim was to reach Malaysia, and they were carrying over 50 passages in total. The boat initially encountered this deadly trouble on Sunday. Survivors of the recent boat sinking recall being struck by a massive …

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Buddhist Monastery Massacre in Myanmar Leaves 22 Dead

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A violent attack on a Buddhist monastery in the eastern Myanmar village of Nam Nain, located in the southern Shan State, has resulted in the deaths of at least 22 people, including three monks.  Both the military-backed junta and local armed resistance groups are accusing each other of carrying out the gruesome assault. The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF), an armed insurgent group, claimed that soldiers ambushed the monastery where villagers had sought shelter for …

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