Myanmar

More than 500 feared dead after boats carrying refugees sink off Myanmar coast, UN says

The two vessels left Myanmar at the end of June, carrying passengers primarily from the Rohingya Muslim minority, in an effort to reach Malaysia, Indonesia, or Thailand.

People gather around a boat carrying newly-arrived Rohingya refugees, after authorities prevented the refugees from disembarking and ordered them to remain on board the vessel.
Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrol on a vehicle, next to an area destroyed by Myanmar's airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, April 15, 2024.

Myanmar detains US businessman who wrote about military coup, sources say

A PROTESTER holds a sign during a demonstration against the military coup outside the US Embassy in Yangon on February 21, 2021.

US official found dead in Myanmar, State Department confirms

 People's Liberation Army PLA members, carry an injured person near Sagaing Region in Myanmar November 23, 2023

Explosion kills 55 people in Myanmar, wounds dozens, source unknown


Religion: A force for good desecrated by bad-faith preachers - opinion

It has been heart-breaking to observe how a religion that could be such a force for peace was instead distorted to justify heinous crimes.

 WAVING HAMAS flags after Ramadan prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 22. Occupationalists seems to side with Hamas and not with peaceful Muslim worshipers.

Biden, US rule Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya people

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will announce the decision on Monday at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

Rohingya Muslim men look out from inside a police vehicle, as they are transported from a court hearing on charges of illegally travelling without proper documents, in Pathein, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar December 20, 2019

Girl from Myanmar undergoes cardiac surgery in Israel

Eight-year-old Hannah had to be granted a special permit to fly to Israel for treatment because of civil war in Myanmar.

 Hannah with Morris Kahn.

Deadly Myanmar attack leaves burnt bodies, charity's staff missing

Two staff members of the aid group Save the Children are missing after an attack in Myanmar's Kayah state left at least 30 people dead.

Myanmar flag.

From Myanmar to Israel: Doctors wish child 'Merry Christmas'

Physicians from three religious backgrounds came together to wish little Hannah, brought to Israel from Myanmar by Save a Child's Heart, a “Merry Christmas.”

 Physicians from three religious backgrounds came together to wish little Hannah a “Merry Christmas” at the Sylvan Adams Childress Hospital in Holon.

Dozens feared to be missing after landslide at Myanmar jade mine

Jade miners reported to be missing after deadly landslide in Hpakant, the center of Myanmar's secretive jade industry.

 Rescue workers search for bodies of victims under the debris and mud after a landslide in Mottama, Mon state, Myanmar, August 11, 2019.

Myanmar soldiers accused of killing 11 after charred remains found

Video footage purporting to show the burned bodies was circulated on social media and images were published by some media, including the Myanmar Now news portal.

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021.

Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar violence

A US class-action complaint argues that the company's failures to police content and its platform's design contributed to violence against the Rohingya community.

Rohingya refugees sit on wooden benches of a navy vessel on their way to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district, Bangladesh, December 29, 2020.

UN postpones decision on Taliban, Myanmar junta recognition

The credentials committee is unlikely to again consider the rival claims to represent Afghanistan and Myanmar until late 2022.

 A view of an entrance of the United Nations multi-agency compound near Herat November 5, 2009.

World condemns Myanmar for conviction of ousted leader Suu Kyi

The United States, EU, UN, the UK and Japan all condemned Myanmar for sentencing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years in detention.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi