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Yangon, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - Myanmar junta battles guerillas for control of jade hub

NAMPA / AFP
2025-06-20
Myanmar's junta and anti-coup guerillas battled over the country's jade mining hub Friday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied for supplies of the precious stone. Myanmar has been consumed by a many-sided civil war since a 2021 coup toppled the democratic government, with the myriad of fighting factions plundering the nation's vast natural resources to fill their coffers. Jade is considered auspicious in Chin......
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Istanbul, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - Armenia PM to meet Erdogan on 'historic' Turkey visit
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Baku, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - Azerbaijan jails Radio Free Europe, investigative journalists amid crackdown
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London, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - UK says withdraws embassy staff from Iran
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United Nations, United States, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - UN chief urges parties to 'give peace a chance' on Iran-Israel war
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United Nations, United States, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - UN chief urges parties to 'give peace a chance' on Iran-Israel war
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Geneva, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - Switzerland temporarily closes its embassy in Iran
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Geneva, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - Europeans must take 'firm stance' with Iran in nuclear talks: Israel
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