UN calls on Myanmar junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and respect earthquake recovery ceasefire - Military criticised by UN ...

The surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion ...

A civil war has been in full swing since 2021, when a military junta seized power. De facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was arrested and imprisoned. Her son, Kim ...

Friday's earthquake was the second most powerful in Myanmar's recorded history after a magnitude 8 quake east of Mandalay in ...

Relief efforts from Friday’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake will be especially complicated with the country in ...

A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar on Friday, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world's poorest ...

In Naypyitaw, some homes stood partly crumbled ... Myanmar’s military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, and is now involved in a bloody civil ...

The military - headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing - who is facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant – has also been accused of weaponising internet shut downs to stifle what ...

The 2021 military coup which ousted democratically-elected State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been met with widespread opposition, sparking widespread protests and triggering an armed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, inspects officers during a parade to commemorate ...

“I am always thinking about going back home. This is not our land ... ignoring the plight of the Rohingya. He speaks warmly of Suu Kyi’s father Aung San, the independence leader and founding father of ...