Myanmar military junta extends mandate to rule by 6 months
Myanmar’s government announced another extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held ...
Myanmar junta extends mandate by further six months, no date given for elections
The military declared a state of emergency in 2021 when it arrested the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in an army ...
Myanmar crisis worsens, Junta govt suffers biggest setback as rebels take control of 80% of country, 95 cities now under control of…
The Rohingya crisis began in August 2017 when violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state forced nearly one million Rohingya Muslims ...
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son pleads with Myanmar's military dictatorship to free his mother
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son has made a direct plea to the military junta in Myanmar holding her in solitary confinement to release ...
Dhaka Tribune13h
As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?
It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, 2021, starting a civil war that has ...
The Irrawaddy12h
22 Myanmar Junta Troops Killed by Mandalay Resistance
The resistance People’s Defense Force killed at least 22 junta troops and captured eight others alive in an ambush in Mandalay Region’s Natogyi Township on Thursday.
UN News Centre19h
Myanmar: UN chief urges return to civilian rule as crisis worsens
The UN Secretary-General on Thursday said Myanmar’s military must relinquish power to allow a return to civilian rule through ...
The Irrawaddy17h
Myanmar Before and After the 2021 Military Coup
To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...
Al Jazeera on MSN8h
Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls
Pressure is building on Myanmar’s rulers to hold what opposition groups promise will be fraught national elections.
Myanmar scam operations move south along Thai border
Myanmar’s scam operations are expanding south along Thailand’s border, authorities have told VOA in recent days, and will ...
Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war
Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state, young Rohingya men ...
Northeast Now5h
Myanmar coup: 4 years of conflict, displacement, and repression
The international community and global media may overlook the ongoing civil war in Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh), but the ground situation indicates perpetual chaos. Thousands have been ...