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The military deposed Suu Kyi in February 2021, jailing the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and triggering an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people on all sides.
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met an International Committee of the Red Cross representative on Monday, Myanmar's government and the ICRC confirmed. The 81-year-old has been jailed since the military coup in February 2021. Her son, Kim Aris, said photographs of the meeting gave him "a reason to hope" and called it the first positive development in years.
NPR – World The military deposed Suu Kyi in February 2021, jailing the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and triggering an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people on all sides.
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, a Myanmar government spokeswoman said, following years of questions over the health and well-being of the 81-year-old.
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NPR – World Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, told NPR THAT photographs of his mother meeting a foreign official gave him "a reason to hope" for the first time since the military coup that ousted her in 2021.
Meeting follows years of questions over wellbeing of 81-year-old, who was ousted by military coup in 2021 Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the aid organisation has confirmed. The meeting follows years of questions over the wellbeing of the 81-year-old , whose whereabouts and health condition have been largely unknown since th…
The military deposed Suu Kyi in February 2021, jailing the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and triggering an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people on all sides.
NYTimes – World Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic chokepoint for Red Sea shipping and oil exports. Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack. The Houthis also reportedly took over Yemen's port of Mokha, about 50 miles from the strait, consolidating control along the key maritime route.
Sky News – Front Page Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested Jacques Ratliff in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house in August. Authorities have ruled her death a homicide.
BBC News – World Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline after drones launched from Iraq attacked and set the route on fire, authorities said Friday. The pipeline has become crucial for shipping Saudi oil to the Red Sea since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Iraq removed a military commander and opened investigations into the attack, which came from an area bordering Iran.
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