Pope Francis’ visit was truly a historic event for the 700,000 Catholics in the Buddhist majority country. He was the first ...

Myanmar's junta has kept up a deadly military campaign, including airstrikes and artillery assaults, despite announcing a ...

Francis even changed the church’s stance on the death penalty, calling it “inadmissible.” Still, the pope’s legacy took a hit ...

Malaysian Prime Minister and ASEAN chair Anwar Ibrahim said Friday he had urged Myanmar's junta leader to respect a ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says he urged Min Aung Hlaing to stop fighting and allow quake aid during their ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says the discussion also touched on the importance of returning Myanmar to 'normalcy’ after a ...

the military again grabbed power after ousting Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in a coup. This sent the country spiralling towards civil war and social and economic collapse. In ...

Approximately 20,000 political prisoners languish in jail, including Myanmar’s democratically-elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and thousands have been killed – executed, tortured to death or ...

Fighting across civil war-ravaged Myanmar has continued as the military ... including state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint,” she said. In a statement, the UN high ...

Most Myanmar opposition parties have been banned or have vowed to boycott any poll, while almost 22,000 political prisoners remain in detention. Aung San Suu Kyi’s former ruling National League ...

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army’s 2021 takeover ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into armed resistance and ...