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In 'Golden Land Ablaze', Bertil Lintner offers a sharp account of Myanmar’s political unrest, ethnic conflict, and the roots ...
BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is attempting to use Myanmar's devastating earthquake to forge a breakthrough in the country's protracted civil war between the ...
Days after a devastating earthquake hit Myanmar in late March 2025, killing more than 3,700 people, footage of dark-colored liquid bubbling from the ground was misrepresented by social media users ...
Myanmar's military rulers and representatives of the country's opposition seem ready to extend a ceasefire, Malaysia's prime minister says. Fighting in the strife-riven nation was put on hold ...
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the leader of Myanmar’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, met in the Thai capital on Thursday for talks widely assumed ...
The UAE has dispatched urgent humanitarian aid to Myanmar as part of its rapid response to the repercussions of the recent earthquake that struck the country. The aid shipment comprises more than ...
Two more Filipinos remain unaccounted for as of posting time. The powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28.
The UN special envoy for Myanmar, Julie Bishop, has made her second visit to the military-ruled nation since her appointment last year, meeting with the foreign minister as the country recovers ...
MANILA, Philippines — One of four Filipinos missing after last month's devastating Myanmar earthquake has been found dead, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday, April 9.
In a world first, 10 cyborg cockroaches were deployed to help the Singapore search and rescue team following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28. These insect-robot hybrids are ...