Myanmar frees almost 5,000 prisoners in new year’s amnesty but no sign of Aung San Suu Kyi - Thousands released in holiday ...

Myanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's elected ...

The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader of Myanmar, is reported to have survived last week’s devastating earthquake unharmed in the prison cell where she is kept in solitary confinement.

It is impossible to understand Aung San Suu Kyi, or Myanmar, without understanding Buddhism. Yet this underlying story has often been eclipsed as the world has focused instead on military ...

He called on all parties in Myanmar to allow humanitarian workers to reach those in need. Ms Suu Kyi has been held in detention in a prison in Naypyidaw since the fall of her government in 2021 ...

The 2021 military coup which ousted democratically-elected State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been met with widespread opposition, sparking widespread protests and triggering an armed resistance ...

The surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion ...

The violent earthquake in Myanmar that has killed at least 2,700 people and left millions without shelter is also turning ...

Multiple Western aid agencies said they have struggled to get personnel into Myanmar as the ruling junta leads the response to the country's largest natural disaster in years.

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

The US has not been perfect in its application of soft power over the years, but diplomacy and aid are preferable to war and ...