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ASEAN foreign ministers to meet on Myanmar: Singapore minister
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) foreign ministers will hold a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss Myanmar, Singapore’s foreign ... World News -
Six people shot with live rounds at Myanmar protest: Medical staff
Security forces fired live rounds at protesters in Myanmar’s second largest city after a police raid at a shipyard turned violent on Saturday, leaving ... World News -
Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup after night of fear, security patrols
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Myanmar’s major cities for a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations on Sunday, after a fearful ... World News -
Anger over arrests in Myanmar at anti-coup protests
Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day on Saturday as continuing arrests of junta critics added to ... World News -
Myanmar coup leader calls on people to cooperate with army for democracy
Myanmar’s coup leader used the country’s Union Day holiday on Friday to call on people to work with the military if they want democracy, a request ... World News -
Myanmar protests resume, West condemns security response
Protesters returned to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday after the most violent day yet in demonstrations against a coup that halted a tentative ... World News -
New Zealand suspends ties with Myanmar; puts travel ban on military leaders: PM
New Zealand announced the suspension of high-level military and political contacts with Myanmar Tuesday, the first major international move to isolate ... World News -
Myanmar state TV threatens ‘action’ against protestors who break the law
Myanmar state TV warned Monday that “action” would be taken against protesters who break the law, as huge crowds demonstrated against a military ... World News -
Australia demands immediate release of detained economist in Myanmar
Myanmar authorities should immediately release Sean Turnell, an economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, following his weekend arrest ... World News -
Myanmar police use water canon on anti-coup protesters
Police used water cannon Monday on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar’s capital, according to witnesses.“Police used water cannon to clear the (road),” ... World News -
Myanmar coup: Protests swell rapidly one week on
A protest against Myanmar’s one-week-old military government swelled rapidly Monday morning as opposition to the coup grew increasingly bold.The ... World News -
Thousands rally against Myanmar coup in second day of protests
Thousands rallied against the Myanmar coup in Yangon on Sunday, as an internet blackout failed to quash outrage over the military’s power grab from ... World News -
Myanmar plunged into new nationwide ‘internet blackout’: Monitor
Myanmar was plunged into a new nationwide internet shutdown on Saturday, an independent monitor said, days after a military coup that coincided with ... World News -
Myanmar teachers join protests against military
Teachers in Myanmar on Friday became the latest group to join a civil disobedience campaign with some lecturers refusing to work or cooperate with ... World News -
Myanmar banks reopen after closing amid military coup: Reuters witness
Myanmar banks in the commercial hub of Yangon reopened on Tuesday after halting financial services a day earlier due to poor internet connections ... World News -
Myanmar launches COVID-19 vaccination program, prioritizing frontline workers
Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination program on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the ... Coronavirus -
Around 100 Rohingya refugees died at sea, hundreds more left to starve, warns MSF
Around 100 Rohingya refugees died upon a voyage from refugee camps in Bangladesh to Malaysia earlier this month, with hundreds of others left to ... World News -
UN rapporteur accuses Myanmar army of fresh abuses
The UN’s human rights expert on Myanmar has called for a new investigation into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity during recent ... World News -
UN driver carrying coronavirus test samples killed in attack in Myanmar’s Rakhine
A Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver killed when their United Nations-marked vehicle was ambushed as they were carrying COVID ... Coronavirus -
Two Rohingya women killed in Myanmar shelling
Two Rohingya women were killed and seven others injured in shelling the Myanmar military and insurgents blamed on each other, days after the ... World News -
World Court says has preliminary jurisdiction in Myanmar genocide case
The International Court of Justice said on Thursday that it has jurisdiction to hear a case against Myanmar seeking emergency measures to prevent it ... World News -
Bus crash kills 19, injures dozens on Myanmar-Thai border
A head-on collision between a bus and a car in mountains on the Myanmar-Thai border killed 19 and left more than 30 injured on Friday. Images posted ... World News -
Myanmar seizes boat carrying 173 Rohingya Muslims: Military spokesman
Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, authorities said on Tuesday, amid signs that more members of ... News -
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to lead genocide defense at World Court
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will lead Myanmar’s defense at the World Court on Wednesday, where her country faces accusations of ... World News -
Myanmar leader believes Gambia’s genocide case at World Court is ‘misleading’
At the opening of her country’s defense at the World Court on an accusation of genocide, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi challenged whether ... World News -
Human rights campaigners call for a global boycott of Myanmar
Human Rights campaigners supporting Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority on Monday called for a global boycott of the country, a day before ... World News -
Hundreds rally in Myanmar to show support for Suu Kyi
About 700 people rallied Sunday to show support for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country against charges of ... World News -
Bangladesh coast guard rescues 122 Rohingya from sinking boat
Bangladesh coast guard rescued 122 Rohingya Muslim refugees from the Bay of Bengal on Thursday as the boat they had boarded to illegally flee to ... World News -
International court judges authorize Rohingya investigation
International Criminal Court judges have approved a request from prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against Myanmar’s ... World News -
UN chief urges Myanmar to resolve Rohingya crisis
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state ... World News