Baltic Drone Incidents Raise NATO Security Concerns 
China Expands Nuclear Defense Network in Remote Desert 
Trump Administration Threatens Newark Airport International Travel Shutdown Over Immigration Dispute 
US Condemns Russia’s Oreshnik Missile Strike, Warns Against New Attacks on Kyiv 
U.S.-China Taiwan Conflict Could Trigger Nuclear Escalation, IISS Warns 
Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand Access to Federal Lands in the U.S. 
US Designates Brazil’s PCC and Comando Vermelho as Global Terrorist Entities Ahead of FTO Listing 
Netanyahu Gaza Expansion Plan Sparks Hamas Condemnation and International Concern 
US Imposes Fresh Iran Oil Sanctions Despite Progress on Ceasefire Talks 
Poland Considers Revoking Zelensky’s Top Honor Over Controversial UPA Army Unit Recognition 
Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks Remain Unresolved as Strait of Hormuz Risks Keep Markets on Edge 
DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into E. Jean Carroll Over Alleged Perjury 
US Southern Command Chief Holds Rare Military Meeting With Cuban Officials at Guantanamo Bay 
U.S. Reinstates Sanctions on U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Amid Legal Battle 
U.S. Lawmakers Back Ukraine’s Request for More Patriot Missiles Amid Rising Russian Attacks 
Hamas Commander Mohammad Odeh Killed in Gaza as Israel Intensifies Campaign 
Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Boston Sanctuary City Policy 
Authorities in Myanmar have detained dozens of people who are part of the Rohingya Muslim minority this week. A court sentenced the group to several years in prison on charges of attempting to leave the country without official documents.
Myanmar state media outlet Global New Light of Myanmar on Tuesday reported that a group of 112 Rohingya, including 12 children, were arrested by local police. A court in Bogale in the southern region of Ayeyarwady in Myanmar on January 6 sentenced the group to prison time. The group was arrested back in December for trying to leave the country without official documents.
Among the 12 children, five were under 13 years old and were sentenced to two years in prison, and the older children were sentenced to three years in prison. The report said the children were transferred to a “youth training school” on Monday to carry out their prison sentences. The adults in the group were all sentenced to five years in prison.
The predominantly Muslim Rohingya are denied citizenship and other basic rights in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. Myanmar claims that the Rohingya are “illegal migrants” from South Asia. In 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled the country toward Bangladesh in the midst of a brutal crackdown by the military that is currently the subject of an international genocide trial.
Those that remain in Myanmar are confined to camps with severe restrictions on their movement, making them unable to work, study, or get medical care. Late in December, around 185 Rohingya landed in the northernmost Indonesian province of Aceh after their boat was at sea for weeks.
Myanmar is currently in a crisis after the generals seized power in a coup in February 2021, overthrowing the elected civilian government. The military has since been facing armed resistance groups on several fronts. On Friday last week, the junta held talks with three ethnic armed groups regarding elections in areas being controlled by rebels, according to the spokesman for one of the groups.
The three groups in question, the Shan State Progress Party, the United Wa State Party, and the National Democratic Alliance Army, have largely stayed out of the ongoing unrest and held three days of talks at Naypyidaw.
