A local group fighting Myanmar’s military junta claimed the attack. Its target was inside the vast palace grounds, now a military base, and home to the junta’s Central Region Command.

Rebel groups have rejected a peace offer from Myanmar’s embattled junta, which is reeling from battlefield losses and defections in a civil war that has dragged on for more than three years.

Many civilians in Rakhine State are finding themselves in the crossfire as the Arakan Army rebel group makes sweeping gains and challenges the military junta and Rohingya fighters. On August 5, a ...

The United Nations Security Council should mobilize to prevent further atrocities in Myanmar. The Council’s inaction over the last few months starkly contrasts with the clear warnings from ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military government is allowing selected civilians to carry weapons, expanding its public mobilization beyond the draft as the fighting in its civil war edges closer to ...

Sept 23 (Reuters) - A United Nations team of investigators on Myanmar is closely monitoring reports that executions in the country could be imminent, its chief said on Monday, warning such a step ...

Rescuers in Myanmar reported finding bodies swept away by the powerful storm, which left a trail of destruction there and in neighboring countries. By John Yoon Rescuers in Myanmar said on Friday ...

DHAKA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi officials.

TAUNGOO, Myanmar: Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request on Saturday (Sep 14) for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already ...

More than 100 people have died in flooding and mudslides caused by the remnants of Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar. Spokesman for the nation's ruling junta, Zaw Min Tun, said in a statement on Sunday that ...

STORY: :: Floods in Myanmar triggered by heavy rains leave many dead and thousands displaced :: Aired September 13, 2024 :: Naypyidaw, Myanmar Schools in flood-affected areas in the capital ...

Floods in Myanmar have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, state media reported on Tuesday, after heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi battered the central provinces of the war-torn ...