The leader of a Myanmar-based militant group was among five people who were arrested by the Mizoram Police in what they said was one of the largest arms bust in the northeast state. The weapons ...

The interior and border affairs ministers have switched jobs in the government shakeup, while the woman given the thankless task of attracting tourists to war-torn Myanmar has been sacked.

Aung Bo Bo, another Yangon resident, bemoaned the power cut timetable that can see houses plunged into darkness 12 hours a day. He has to wake up at midnight to cook and pump water when the ...

BANGKOK — Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government.

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country ...

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday, a day ahead of the four-year anniversary of a coup that ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar in the early hours of Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the magnitude 4.8 earthquake ...

Before the military takeover, Ko Khant was a chef in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, specialising in European cuisine. After joining pro-democracy street protests and experiencing the violent ...

A man stands near a burning house at the site of an attack carried out by Myanmar's military on Ramree island in western Rakhine State [Handout/Arakan Army via AFP] Published On 11 Jan 202511 Jan ...

Thai authorities rescued a Hong Kong woman from a Chinese call center gang operating on the Myanmar side of the border near Tak, on Feb 2. The rescue of the 31-year-old Hong Kong passport holder was ...

police told AFP. The mostly Muslim Rohingya experience persecution in their predominantly Buddhist homeland of Myanmar, with many fleeing to refugee camps in Bangladesh or risking their lives on ...

BANGKOK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to ...