Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600 The 7.7 magnitude quake hit a wide swath of the country, causing significant damage to six regions and states. World 07 Apr, 2025
Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire to ease quake relief as the death toll tops 3,000 The announcements had put pressure on the military government to follow suit. World 02 Apr, 2025
Myanmar earthquake death toll surpasses 2,700 as hope fades for finding more survivors The death toll from the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar has surpassed 2,700, with thousands more injured, Myanmar media reported Tuesday. World 01 Apr, 2025
Myanmar quake death toll rises to 1,644 as resistance movement announces partial ceasefire 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 ruling military. The country's death toll from the disaster soared to 1,644. World 30 Mar, 2025
ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar's military regime From a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the court’s top prosecutor, Karim Khan, said in a statement that he intended to request more warrants for Myanmar's leaders soon. World 27 Nov, 2024
Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar's military government activates conscription law Myanmar’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. World 11 Feb, 2024
Court in Myanmar again finds Suu Kyi guilty of corruption A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of criminal cases against her, a legal official said. World 30 Dec, 2022
Myanmar executes NLD lawmaker, 3 other political opponents Myanmar's government announced Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's takeover by the military last year. World 25 Jul, 2022
No peace in Myanmar 1 year after military takeover The army takeover in Myanmar a year ago that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi not only unexpectedly aborted the country's fledgling return to democracy: It also brought a surprising level of popular resistance, which has blossomed into a low-level, but persistent, insurgency. World 29 Jan, 2022
Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. World 30 Dec, 2021
More than 30 killed, bodies burnt in Myanmar's Kayah state More than 30 people, including women and children, were killed and their bodies burnt in Myanmar's conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday, according to a local resident, media reports and a local human rights group. World 25 Dec, 2021
Five dead after Myanmar security forces ram car into Yangon protest - media Five people were killed and at least 15 arrested after Myanmar security forces in a car rammed into an anti-coup protest on Sunday morning in Yangon, local news portal Myanmar Now reported. World 05 Dec, 2021
