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Breaking News Global Arakan Network November 25, 2025 Today, 25 November, at approximately 12:10 p.m., Myanmar Air Force jet fighters carried out airstrikes on Taung Kyi Yin village and Chaung Phya village in Kyaukphyu Township, local sources reported. As a result of the bombing, a 48-year-old man who had been taking shelter as an internally displaced person in Chaung Phya village sustained injuries. The a

News Global Arakan Network November 25, 2025 In one of the largest single blows to transnational arms trafficking in recent years, Thai border security forces on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, captured 36 foreign nationals — among them 11 Pakistani citizens — as they attempted to illegally cross the Thaungyin River from Myanmar’s Myawaddy Township into Tak Province, Thailand. GAN cannot independently veri

News Global Arakan Network November 24, 2025 Members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) and a soldier from the Myanmar military commission (Photo - Independent Television) Five Myanmar security personnel—four members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) and one soldier from the Myanmar military commission—were detained inside Bangladesh on November 23 after they were found wandering near the border,

News Global Arakan Network November 24, 2025 Monastery of Sinboke Rwarma Village (photo - APM) A monastery in Kyaukphyu Township was reduced to ashes, and a high school along with several homes sustained damage, after the Myanmar military commission carried out artillery and suicide-drone attacks on Sinboke Rwarma Village and Kyun Gyi Village on November 22, according to local residents. At ar

News Global Arakan Network November 23, 2025 Investigations indicate that military commission forces in Kyaukphyu, Arakan State, are using local residents—along with Rakhine travelers returning from abroad and other parts of Myanmar—as human shields amid escalating conflict. According to an anonymous source, fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and junta forces has intensified around Kyaukphy

News Global Arakan Network November 22, 2025 An illegally operating fishing boat belonging to Bangladeshi nationals (photo-ABN) The Arakan Coast Guard (ACG), operating under the Arakan People’s Revolutionary Government, is continuing to seize Bangladeshi fishing boats illegally entering and operating inside Arakan territorial waters along the Arakan–Bangladesh maritime border, according to sou

News Global Arakan Network November 22, 2025 An initial report by Arakan Princess Media on the junta’s jet-fighter bombing of Kyaintali that took place after 1 a.m. on November 21 stated that three people had been injured. However, after further investigation, it has been confirmed that one child was killed  and four others were wounded  in the attack. The deceased child has been identified as M

News Global Arakan Network November 21, 2025 In Teknaf Township, Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, local media reported that on the night of November 20, the Islamist extremist militant terrorist group ARSA kidnapped a local businessman again. At around 9 p.m. on November 20, in West Leda village, near the Muslim refugee camp in the Nila Union of Teknaf town, members of the Islamist extremist mili

News Global Arakan Network November 18, 2025 Victims of Junta Air Attacks from Taung Ngo Village, Kyaukphyu Rakhine State – Three women, including one elderly woman, were killed and at least five other people – among them two schoolgirls – were wounded when Taung Ngo village in Kyaukphyu Township was hit by airstrikes, local sources confirmed. The deceased have been identified as: Daw Ma Aung Tha

Breaking News Global Arakan Network November 18, 2025 Bangladeshi fishing boats have been repeatedly trespassing into Arakan territorial waters to illegally catch fish. In order to take strict action against such violations, the Arakan Coastal Security Patrol, operating from its base in Nga Khura (Nga Yant Chaung), departed at 05:30 AM to conduct a maritime patrol towards the Ngui Maw (Ingyaw) coa

News Global Arakan Network November 18, 2025 School buildings in Lait Tin Village, Kyaukphyu Township, were destroyed by junta airstrikes. (Photo – AA Info Desk) The Myanmar military has conducted a series of air and naval attacks on two towns in Arakan State amid escalating clashes with the Arakan Army (AA), according to reports. The Arakan Army stated that the military launched airstrikes a

News Global Arakan Network November 17, 2025 Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (photo - msn) Bangladeshi media outlets report that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with another former senior official, was sentenced to death today, November 17, by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for crimes against humanity. They were convicted for ordering and directing the violent suppress

News Global Arakan Network November 17, 2025 U Abul Lar Chein, 55 (Photo - APM) A local Muslim man in Maungdaw Township lost his right leg after stepping on a landmine reportedly planted by the extremist Islamist militant groups ARSA/RSO. The explosion occurred at approximately 4:00 p.m. on November 17. The victim has been identified as U Abul Lar Chein, 55, a resident of Nganchaung Mrauk Vil

News Global Arakan Network November 17, 2025 Due to the lack of regular electricity supply, villages along and near the Union Highway in the Three Brotherhood Alliance-controlled area, Muse Township, at Mile 105 in Mongyu, which face difficulties in nighttime travel, have been provided with solar-powered streetlights on lampposts. This was learned from sources. Starting from November 15, the Arakan Army (AA

News Global Arakan Network November 16, 2025 Body of U Daung Rwaing, 42 (Photocrd - APM) A local ethnic Mro man was killed in Maungdaw Township on November 14 after stepping on a landmine allegedly planted by the extremist Islamist militant groups ARSA/RSO. The explosion occurred at around 8:30 a.m. The victim has been identified as U Daung Rwaing, 42, a resident of Khontine Village in Maungd

News Global Arakan Network November 16, 2025 In Rakhine State’s Rathedaung Township, airstrikes by the military junta on two villages resulted in the deaths of 5 civilians and injuries to at least 5 others, according to local sources. On the morning of November 15, at around 9:30 AM, junta forces used a jet fighter to bomb Ba Hta Le village in Rathedaung Township. Approximately 30 minutes later

News Global Arakan Network November 14, 2025 Members of the Islamist militant group RSO (photocrd) Members of the Islamist militant group RSO (Rohingya Solidarity Organization) attempted to gang-rape an indigenous Tanchangya woman in Naikhongchari Township, Bandarban District, in the hill region of Bangladesh, according to local news outlet Hill Voice. On November 12, at around 5:30 p.m., the

News Translation Global Arakan Network November 14, 2025 Lieutenant Colonel Farukh Hossain Khan. Lt. Col. Farukh Hossain Khan, the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 34th Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Battalion in Cox's Bazar, has been accused of sharing yaba with traders. He has also been involved in various criminal activities including smuggling and torturing traders at the border. Lt. Col. Fa

News Global Arakan Network November 13, 2025 Illegal Fishermen from Bangladesh On November 12, 2025, at 10:30 AM, Arakan security personnel apprehended eight Bangladeshi nationals who had trespassed approximately 450 meters into Arakan territorial waters in the Naf River from the border line to engage in illegal fishing. ARSA/RSO terrorists frequently disguise themselves as fishermen in the Naf R

Breaking News Global Arakan Network November 12, 2025 Illegal Fishermen From Bangladesh On November 12, 2025, at 6 AM, a coastal security patrol consisting of two speedboats and one large wooden boat departed from the N-Khaung-Taw base station toward the Ngwe-Maung shore to patrol and apprehend boats illegally entering Arakan territorial waters from Bangladesh to poach fish. While conducting t