The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain in 1948, when it was still called Burma.

Last week’s violent earthquakes tore through a part of Myanmar that had already borne the brunt of a brutal campaign by the country’s military junta to root out resistance. That double hit ...

"They definitely also, on top of that, actively target humanitarian workers." The junta, which began fighting a civil war with resistance forces in Myanmar after it seized control of the country in ...

when it was still called Burma. Relief efforts from Friday's devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake will be especially complicated with the country in embroiled in civil war, which began after the ...

IT WILL TAKE some days for the full toll of the powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28th to become clear. The epicentre lay just outside Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city ...

At least three hospitals in the country are out of service, according to the World Health Organisation, three days after a ...

Aid is pouring into Myanmar following the powerful 7.7-magnitude ... of the country that has resulted from years of civil war. Many roads and bridges have also collapsed, making it hard for ...

A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's ruling military declares a ceasefire in country's civil war until April 22 to facilitate quake relief efforts.