Myanmar

Myanmar rocket attack kills four, wounds military cadets

A rocket attack by Myanmar anti-coup fighters killed four persons and wounded 12, including cadets f...

world | 6 months ago

U.N. sounds alarm on violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State

Intense fighting in Myanmar's Rakhine State poses a grave threat to civilians, the United Nations wa...

world | 5 months ago

About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town

About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand, officials said on April 20, as fres...

world | 5 months ago

Bangladesh repatriates Myanmar troops after fighting on border

Bangladesh sent home nearly 300 Myanmar troops and civil servants on Thursday who fled across the bo...

world | 5 months ago

Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military

Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made mass...

world | 5 months ago

Myanmar airstrike wounds around 20 at clinic: media, armed group

A Myanmar military air strike on a medical clinic wounded around 20 people in western Rakhine state,...

world | 5 months ago

Myanmar ethnic armed group claims control of western town

A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group on Saturday claimed its fighters had seized control of a town ...

world | 4 months ago

Rohingya displaced by Myanmar armed group, say activists

Rohingya activists accused a Myanmar ethnic armed group on May 22 of displacing thousands of the per...

world | 4 months ago

Myanmar junta revives plans for China-backed mega-dam

Myanmar's junta has revived plans for a $3.6 billion Chinese-backed dam in the north of the country ...

world | 4 months ago

Battered, empty Myanmar town shows price of victory against junta

Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myan...

world | 4 months ago

Myanmar's economy in crisis as civil strife disrupts trade and livelihoods

Myanmar, once a thriving emerging economy, is struggling to regain momentum as the country's civil w...

world | 4 months ago

Myanmar junta orders evacuations around embattled State capital

Myanmar's junta has ordered thousands of people living outside a State capital threatened by ethnic ...

world | 4 months ago

Myanmar authorities arrest 22 for marking Suu Kyi's birthday: media

Myanmar authorities arrested 22 people for marking the birthday of imprisoned democracy figurehead A...

world | 3 months ago

Myanmar armed groups accuse junta of breaking China-brokered ceasefire

An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups have accused the junta of repeatedly violating a China-br...

world | 3 months ago

Myanmar ethnic armed groups seize beach resort town; launch attacks on junta

“Myanmar ethnic armed groups seized a popular beach resort town in the west of the country and launc...

world | 3 months ago

Clashes in northern Myanmar town enter second day

A Myanmar ethnic armed group clashed with junta troops for a second day in northern Shan state, resi...

world | 3 months ago