Myanmar earthquake

Rubble lies near a damaged building following a strong earthquake in Pyawbwe township, Mandalay, Myanmar, April 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Asia

Myanmar post-earthquake truce due to lapse

The junta -- which seized power in a 2021 coup sparking a many-sided civil war -- said it would cease attacking its myriad armed opponents following the magnitude-7.7 quake which has killed more...

Rubble lies near a damaged building following a strong earthquake in Pyawbwe township, Mandalay, Myanmar, April 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Asia

Myanmar marks new year festival mourning quake losses

Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay on March 29, AFP journalists saw, 30 hours after a devastating quake hit Myanmar. File Photo: AFP/Sai Aung Main via BSS
World+Biz

UN seeks $275 million in aid for Myanmar quake survivors

Rescue and medical teams led by the Bangladesh Armed Forces conduct operations at the site of the collapsed Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Myanmar. Photo: ISPR
Bangladesh

Bangladesh Armed Forces continue rescue operation for Myanmar's earthquake victims

Rubble lies near a damaged building following a strong earthquake in Pyawbwe township, Mandalay, Myanmar, April 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Asia

Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471

People queue for donated relief supplies following a strong earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says

People queue for food and relief supplies after a strong earthquake in Amarapura, Myanmar, April 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Asia

Death toll from Myanmar quake climbs to 3,354, with 4,850 injured and 220 still missing

Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Bhutan's Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya pose during the 6th BIMSTEC Summit, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2025. Thailand Government House/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders, UN says military choking aid

A mother holds up her child as she stands on a roadside waiting for a donation of relief supplies following a strong earthquake near its epicenter, in Sagaing, Myanmar, April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

Myanmar earthquake toll crosses 3,000; forecast rains pose new threat for rescuers

Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work at a collapsed residential building following the earthquake, in Mandalay, Myanmar March 31, 2025. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

With US absent, China steps in for earthquake-hit Myanmar

Soe Nay Oo was an imam in Myanmar but had been working for a human rights group in Thailand after fleeing the 2021 coup. Photos: BBC
World+Biz

Former imam mourns 170 loved ones lost in Myanmar earthquake

A joint team of Myanmar and Turkish rescuers pull a man alive from the rubble of a hotel in the capital Naypyidaw, five days after a major earthquake struck central Myanmar. Photo: MYANMAR MILITARY INFORMATION TEAM/AFP/Getty Images
Asia

Man pulled alive from rubble in Myanmar after five days

People queue for relief supplies after a strong earthquake near the earthquake's epicenter, in Sagaing, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Asia

Water and medicine in short supply after Myanmar earthquake: UN