Myanmar’s “watermelons”: Soldier on the outside, rebel inside
Reuters For about two years, says 24-year-old Yan, a former Myanmar police officer, he risked his life pretending to serve the military junta while secretly spying for the armed resistance. “I freed myself from unfair orders,” he told Reuters from a room in a town near the Myanmar border where he said he was taking […]
White House: Russia is executing soldiers who refuse to follow orders
Washington DC, USReuters The United States has information that the Russian military is executing soldiers who do not follow orders related to the war with Ukraine, the White House said on Thursday. “We have information that the Russian military has been actually executing soldiers who refuse to follow orders,” White House spokesperson John Kirby told […]
Burkina Faso says 53 soldiers, volunteers killed in clashes with militants
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Reuters Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in heavy clashes with militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday, the worst attack in months in the West African country that for years has been overrun by hardline militants. Burkina Faso has been battling armed groups, some with […]
Mexico investigates troops over video of “execution” of five men
Mexico CityReuters Mexican prosecutors are investigating what the country’s president on Wednesday called an “execution” after soldiers were filmed beating and then shooting five men they pulled from a crashed pick-up truck. The investigation, confirmed by the defense ministry, follows the publication by media outlets on Tuesday of a video dated 18th May from the […]
Israel demands Egypt help in full probe of deadly attack at border
JerusalemReuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called the killing of three soldiers by a member of the Egyptian security services a terrorist attack and demanded a full joint investigation with Cairo. Egypt says it is working with Israel to investigate the incident which occurred on Saturday. A soldier reacts near the site of […]
Fear recedes for Ukraine’s volunteers, for whom war is “just a job”
On the frontline in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine Reuters After months of living in trenches and bunkers near Ukraine’s south-eastern frontlines, Artem and his fellow soldiers have lost the fear they once felt. The war ebbs and flows for the 30-year-old volunteer from a small town near Chernihiv, in the north of the country, that […]
Indian army steps in to quell violence in north-eastern state of Manipur
Guwahati, India Reuters Soldiers of the Indian Army held flag marches and evacuated thousands of civilians amid a dawn-to-dusk curfew to quell violence between tribal and non-tribal groups in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, officials said on Thursday. Violence initially broke out during a protest march on Tuesday by thousands of tribal people opposing […]
US to temporarily send 1,500 troops to Mexico border
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden’s administration will temporarily send 1,500 additional troops to help secure the US-Mexico border, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, in preparation for a possible rise in illegal immigration when COVID-19 border restrictions lift later this month. The 90-day deployment of active-duty troops will supplement the work of the US […]
Brazil’s Lula removes soldiers from guarding presidential residence
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has removed 40 troops guarding the presidential residence after expressing distrust in the military for failing to act against demonstrators that ransacked government buildings on 8th January. His decision was published on Tuesday in the government’s official gazette. Army officers stand guard outside the Planalto […]
Ukrainian volunteers deliver bodies, and closure, to troops’ families
Yampil, UkraineReuters Combing the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, a group of volunteers have made it their mission to search for the bodies of fallen soldiers and return them to their families. Despite the daily horrors of their work, members of the “Black Tulip” organisation say they believe they are performing a good deed by giving […]