Burmese academic Sophia Htwe spent hours desperately trying to call home from Australia after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck her hometown in Myanmar in late March, learning that a childhood ...

WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on a Myanmar warlord, his two sons and the militia he leads for facilitating cyber scams, human trafficking and cross-border smuggling ...

In the aftermath of Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake in over a century, a powerful image emerged from Sagaing: a Buddhist monk standing amid the ruins of the collapsed Myo Ma Mosque, holding hands ...

Colombo, May 5 (Daily Mirror) - Fifteen Sri Lankans who have been trapped in cybercrime centres in Myawaddy, Myanmar, are set to be rescued tomorrow, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Major Religions: Theravada Buddhism 87.9%, Christianity 6.2%, Islam 4.3%, Other 1.6% The first evidence of the Christian presence in Myanmar is traced to the 13th century -- Latin and Greek writings ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today said the prospect of Rohingya repatriation remains grim due to Myanmar's ongoing civil war, fragmented authority, and the continued absence of ...

Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging in response to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, focusing on empowering journalists and human rights defenders. They released a ...

YANGON: Myanmar's military junta let a truce declared to spur aid efforts after last month's earthquake expire on Thursday (May 1), a ceasefire that monitors say it consistently violated with air ...

"We tried to save her child but it wasn't possible as she suffered from infections," said Ms Bunn, a medical worker who has spent nearly a decade in Myanmar. With hospitals overwhelmed, they tried ...

BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR -- Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of the military regime of civil war-ravaged Myanmar, has given no indication whether he will extend the ceasefire he declared in ...

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) called out Myanmar’s military junta on Monday for years of unlawful attacks on the healthcare system that have left 2 million people in need of assistance following a 7.7 ...