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About 250 people feared missing after boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UNA boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea. Around 250 people are feared missing. The vessel d...
Myanmar junta air strike on hospital kills 31, aid workers sayA Myanmar military air strike hit a hospital in Mrauk U, killing more than 30 people. Aid workers reported the attack occurred as the junta...
Trouble brewing for Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus: Sheikh Hasina, Khaleda Zia, and army chief raise alarm over key movesBangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus faces mounting pressure as prominent figures voice disapproval. Sheikh Hasina criticizes judicia...
Army airstrike on village in western Myanmar killed at least 40 people, reports sayAn airstrike by Myanmar's army killed around 40 people and injured at least 20 in Kyauk Ni Maw village, Rakhine state. The attack, targetin...
India, China, others engage Myanmar as Junta's losing streak continuesMyanmar's military regime is facing setbacks against the Arakan Army in Rakhine and Chin states. The Arakan Army seized a key military head...
Myanmar rebels say they have taken junta's western regional commandMyanmar's rebel Arakan Army claims to have seized a key military headquarters in Rakhine state, marking the second fallen regional command ...
UN chief 'strongly condemns' Myanmar military attacks on civiliansUN chief Antonio Guterres condemns recent attacks by Myanmar's military in Rakhine state, calls for an end to Rohingya persecution and rest...
Myanmar displaced now at 3 million: UNThe number of displaced people in Myanmar has reached three million, the United Nations said, the vast majority forced to flee their homes ...
Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 60 in MyanmarIn Rakhine state, at least 41 people died in the villages of Bu Ma and nearby Khaung Doke Kar, inhabited by the persecuted Rohingya Muslim ...
Rare white elephant born in Myanmar: State media
Myanmar junta expedites work on China funded Kyaukphyu portThe junta has recently invited bids to provide legal services to the KPSEZ and deep-sea port project in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, a ...
Myanmar junta removes Arakan Army from terrorist listThe AA is fighting for greater autonomy in the western Rakhine state and over the past two years had become one of the most formidable forc...
Myanmar's journey back to military ruleHere is a timeline of a nation that emerged from a military dictatorship, only to plunge into a trouble-filled -- and perhaps short-lived -...
War, not politics: Troubled election deepens tension in Myanmar's RakhineSuu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) has claimed another commanding win in a parliamentary election on Sunday, the second since th...
India in touch with Myanmar, Bangladesh on Rohingya issue:The agenda for today's meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor...
Big turnout at Myanmar pro-army rally defies Rohingya outcryMore than 600,000 Rohingya have fled western Rakhine state to Bangladesh since late August when raids by militants from the minority group ...
China’s Rakhine investment behind its tacit backing of Myanmar on RohingyasWhat is more, China will actively block any attempt by other countries to get the Security Council to pressure Yangon into taking concrete ...
Muslims from violence-torn Rakhine voice support for Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu KyiMuslims have put their hopes in the NLD even though the party did not field a Muslim candidate on its lists of over 1,100 hopefuls standing...
- Myanmar signs gas deal with SKorea, India, China: Media Reports
Military-run Myanmar has signed a deal with South Korean and Indian companies to pipe natural gas from the energy-rich nation's offshore fi...
- India to develop Myanmar port to benefit NE states
The Centre is contemplating a move to aid the development of Myanmar's Sittwe port at a cost of $103 million to give the land-locked northe...