Myanmar’s military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle ...

Derek Mitchell served as the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar between 2012 and 2016, the first U.S. envoy since 1990. He is now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government on Thursday formally applied the designation of terrorist organization to the Karen National Union, a major ethnic rebel group, making virtually any activities ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta has suppressed information about a severe food crisis gripping the country by pressuring researchers not to collect data about hunger and aid workers not to publish it, a ...

The massive 2025 Myanmar earthquake revealed that strike slip faults can behave in surprising ways. Using satellite data, Caltech researchers found the Sagaing Fault ruptured more dramatically than ...

A civil war in Myanmar has displaced millions, killed or maimed thousands more and left the country in poverty. Now China is flexing its muscle to protect interests in the region. Myanmar, the country ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Myanmar’s military reportedly killed at least 18 people, mostly students, in nighttime airstrikes on two private ...

The Council has today prolonged the EU restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar for one year, until 30 April 2026. The decision was taken on the basis of the annual review of the ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Southeast Asia around lunchtime Friday, killing at least three people in Thailand and bringing down multiple buildings in Myanmar, prompting the military-run ...

Motorists ride past a damaged building after a strong earthquake struck Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025. Story A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia on Friday, March 28, causing ...

An overnight airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region has killed at least 23 people, including four children, who were seeking refuge within the compound. Separate sources ...