Myanmar junta

Residents of Lintalu village in Sagaing township inspect the destruction of a monastery caused by an airstrike on July 12. Photo: @IrrawaddyNews X account
South Asia

More than 20 civilians killed in Myanmar air strike on monastery: witnesses

Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military ousted a democratic government in 2021, and central Sagaing region has been particularly hard-hit, with the junta pummelling villages with...

A soldier from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) puts on his shoes as he and his comrade cross a stream towards the front line in Laiza, Kachin state, January 29, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/David Johnson/File photo
China

China risks global heavy rare-earth supply to stop Myanmar rebel victory

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

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Myanmar's military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, March 4, 2025. Photo: Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

Putin extols 'elephant diplomacy' with Myanmar in talks with junta chief

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. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Asia

Myanmar's military government extends its mandate to rule another 6 months

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

Myanmar military air strike kills dozens in Rakhine village: UN

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, 2021, presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
South Asia

Myanmar junta to free 5,864 prisoners under amnesty

Sulaiman and his family recently arrived at a camp outside Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. He is one of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who recently fled Myanmar, driven in part by hunger. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
World+Biz

Myanmar junta intimidates aid groups in effort to hide hunger crisis

Arakan Army troops pose at a Border Guard Police Battalion base in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State in June 2024. File Photo: AA
South Asia

Arakan Army seizes Myanmar junta's last stronghold in area bordering Bangladesh

Myanmar census offical speaks to a shopkeeper. Photo: AP/UNB
South Asia

Myanmar's military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents

People clean up damaged buildings in the aftermath of bombardments carried out by Myanmar's military in Lashio in Myanmar, on Sept 24. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Myanmar junta bombs opposition-held town hours after talks offer

An Indian national flag flies next to an immigration check post on the India-Myanmar border in Zokhawthar village in Champhai district of India's northeastern state of Mizoram, India, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
South Asia

India extends unprecedented invite to Myanmar's anti-junta forces, sources say

People of Maungdaw township of Myanmar are seen from the Teknaf area of Bangladesh, at the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, during the ongoing conflict in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
World+Biz

On Myanmar's frontline, Rohingya fighters and junta face a common enemy