An explosion in northeastern Myanmar killed dozens of people in an area controlled by rebels. Preliminary reports suggest that the blast occurred at a site where large quantities of mining explosives ...

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing is abroad on his first trip as president with a trip to neighboring India. India's foreign ministry said in a statement the visit will last from Saturday to Wednesday. The ...

Two years after the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group, killed and wounded hundreds of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and burned down their village, the survivors are still denied justice ...

Following the military coup on 1 February 2021, and the subsequent military and police repression against peaceful demonstrators, the EU has drastically increased sanctions against Myanmar. On this ...

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BANGKOK — The leader of Myanmar’s military-backed government embarked Saturday on an official visit to India, one of the country’s key regional partners, for high-level meetings aimed at strengthening ...

A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports. About ...

At least 39 people have died in an explosion at an ammunition store controlled by a rebel army in northeast Myanmar near the border with China, the militia said. The cause of Sunday’s explosion in the ...

At least 46 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosion in a village in a region of Myanmar under insurgent control, rescue teams have told the BBC. A rescue worker in Kaung Tat ...

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