Myanmar has intensified health screening and surveillance at Yangon International Airport to prevent the possible entry of the Nipah virus, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar ...

Myanmar’s military rulers are holding the first elections since the 2021 coup, and life in the country’s biggest city is fraught with anxiety Yangon feels, on the surface, like a normal, bustling city ...

Turnout appears low for vote in which most candidates seen as allies of junta and large areas excluded by war Polls have closed in conflict-racked Myanmar, ending the first phase of an election that ...

A woman (L) prepares to vote at a polling station during the first phase of Myanmar’s general election in Yangon on December 28, 2025. Agence France-Presse YANGON — Voting began Sunday in Myanmar’s ...

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta said on Dec 26 it will lift a curfew imposed in Yangon since its 2021 coup, just days before the start of elections it touts as a return to normality. The military ousted ...

Rohingya refugees gather at roadside kitchen market at the refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in March. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters) In Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state, a new horror is ...

Myanmar Earthquake Live Updates: A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, causing widespread devastation. Myanmar, already suffering from a prolonged civil war and ...

The death toll continues to rise after a deadly earthquake rattled most of Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, with certain areas sustaining the heaviest damages in each country. Along with flattened ...

A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ...

The death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked Burma and Thailand on Friday has risen sharply to more than 1,650 victims. The earthquake's epicenter was in central Burma, where 1,644 have ...

The number of people killed in Myanmar following a powerful earthquake has risen to 1,644, with 3,408 others injured, according to local reports. A further 139 people are also reportedly missing ...

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the heart of war-ravaged Myanmar of Friday, killing scores of people and prompting the country’s military junta to make a rare plea for international assistance. The ...