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Rakhine State stands at a pivotal moment as the Arakan Army (AA) edges closer to seizing control of Myanmar’s strategic western frontier region, a shift in power that could redefine both the country’s civil war and regional geopolitics.

While Myanmar’s military government has clawed back territory elsewhere in the country, the AA now controls 14 of 17 townships in Rakhine, which is situated on the Bay of Bengal in the country’s west and shares a border with Bangladesh.

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Pyongyang claims South Korea’s army fired more than 10 warning shots from a machinegun towards North Korean troops.

North Korea has accused South Korean forces of firing warning shots earlier this week at its soldiers who were part of a border reinforcement project, cautioning Seoul that its actions risked raising tensions to “uncontrollable” levels.

In a report published on Saturday, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted the North ‘s Korean People’s Army…

Here are the key events on day 1,276 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Saturday, August 23:

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• Russian troops have taken control of the settlements of Rusyn Yar, Volodymyrivka and Katerynivka in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence said.

• Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia could be suspended for at least five days after a Ukrainian drone strike on a facility in Russia, Hungarian and Slovak officials said. The attack by…

The world’s largest authority on food crises declared Friday that Gaza City, the largest governorate in the Gaza Strip, is officially experiencing a “man-made famine,” and that other areas in the besieged strip are not far behind.

The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published a report on Friday saying that in Gaza City and the surrounding areas, which are now the target of intensified Israeli military attacks, roughly 30% of households are…

Washington (Quds News Network)- An investigation by Israel’s Channel 13 revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies systematically obstructed Gaza ceasefire talks, even as the Biden administration blamed Hamas for the failure.

The report revealed that Netanyahu, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich blocked prisoner exchange deals with Hamas at least five times.

Former US State Department spokesperson Matthew…

The conservative president faced a legislative panel weighing whether he should retain his immunity from prosecution.

Rodrigo Chaves Robles has become the first sitting president in the history of Costa Rica to testify to a legislative committee as he faced charges of corruption and the possibility of a criminal trial.

The three-member committee held the hearing on Friday to consider whether or not to lift Chaves Robles’s immunity as president.

Doing so would pave the way for Chaves Robles to…

The Hague (Quds News Network)- Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Friday. He said he could not continue in a government that refused stronger action against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its settlement plans in the West Bank.

Veldkamp, part of the caretaker cabinet, told reporters that his decision came after weeks of frustration. “I have felt pushback in the cabinet for additional measures,” he said. He will formally submit his resignation.

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Caspar Veldkamp and other ministers step down after cabinet rejects sanctions against Israel, prompting broader political upheaval.

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned after failing to secure cabinet support for additional sanctions against Israel over its military onslaught in Gaza.

Veldkamp, a member of the centre-right New Social Contract party, said on Friday that he could not achieve agreement on “meaningful measures” and had repeatedly faced resistance from colleagues…