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Resistance fighters in Myanmar are increasingly relying on drones to attack Myanmar military forces now that they have cracked the junta's anti-drone jammers, rebel groups and drone operation groups said.

Myanmar's military regime has arrested and jailed nearly 2,000 members of the deposed National League for Democracy, or NLD, since seizing power in a coup d'etat, the party said Wednesday in a statement to mark the 35th anniversary of its founding.

When Chinese conservation teams began working on the That Bin Nyu Temple in Myanmar's ancient city Bagan, local residents noticed something out of place. Less than 300 meters (yards) away, they also began constructing an office.

Myanmar's junta-controlled Ministry of Transport and Communications is threatening mobile phone service sellers and users with six months in prison if they don't register, or fraudulently register, SIM cards, state controlled newspapers said Wednesday.

In their apparent effort to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector, the Russia-Myanmar Association for Friendship and Cooperation (RMAFC) led by its president Anatoly Bulochnikov, exchanged views on opportunities and issues with Myanmar's Union Minister for Electric Power and Union Minister for Energy yesterday.

Two weeks since devastating floods in northeastern Libya claimed several thousand lives and ravaged entire neighbourhoods, the United Nations and its partners remain on the ground and continue to provide critical humanitarian assistance and support to affected people in Derna, Benghazi, Al Bayda, Shahat and Soussa.

The United States will be admitting Israel into its Visa Waiver Program, or VWP, which will allow the entry of Israeli citizens into the country without a visa for up to 90 days, beginning November 30.

Today, the United States is designating a network linked to the U.S.-designated Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The US has placed sanctions on entities and individuals based in Iran and three other countries for what it called aiding Iran's drone program, repeating its unsubstantiated claim of Tehran's support for Russia's war effort in Ukraine.

Beijing has censured a recent move by the US administration to impose a new round of sanctions against a number of Chinese individuals and entities over accusations of providing Iran with drone production materials.

The United States and Iran are denying reports that the two sides are engaged in secret negotiations following a prisoner exchange deal earlier this month that included the unlocking of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian funds.

A bipartisan group of US senators have asked the United Kingdom, France and Germany to take action to prevent the expiration of UN bans targeting Iran's missile and drone activities, which are set to end next month.

Iran and Qatar have agreed a mechanism that allows Tehran to tap funds recently unfrozen and deposited into bank accounts in the Arab country as part of a deal with the United States.

Iran has vehemently condemned Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's threat to use nukes, saying it reserves the right to deliver a resolute response to the occupying entity under international law.

Iran has called on the international community to stand up to "nuclear rhetoric" by the Israeli regime, which recently called for a "nuclear threat" against the Islamic Republic.

A three day event, IPACC, IPAMS and SELF-2023, organised by the Indian Army with the US Army as the co-host culminated today in New Delhi

New Delhi's bid to expand its economic and diplomatic clout beyond Asia received a major boost with the announcement at this month's G20 summit of ambitious plans to develop a new trade route running from India through the Middle East to Europe.

"U.S. officials have secured the return of Private Travis King from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)."

"The United States has secured the return of Private Travis King from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."

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