The military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is courting Ma Ba Tha extremists, sparking fears of a resurgence in ethno-religious violence after junta’s election.

An anti-coup protester helps another to apply thanaka, a traditional face paste with letters CDM, representing "Civil Disobedience Movement" ahead of protesting in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Feb. 25, ...

Myanmar’s military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s military junta on Tuesday took the offensive to try to justify last month’s coup and subsequent actions against those opposed to it, even as street demonstrations ...

Myanmar rebels fighting the junta say they have seized the last remaining military base in a key border town, dealing the latest significant blow to the country’s military rulers as they struggle to ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to a member of a resistance ...

On Feb. 1, 2021, the Burmese military staged a coup d’etat against the previous democratic government. Protests and civil war broke out, leading schools all over Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, to ...

March 16 (Reuters) - The Open Society Foundations, a philanthropic organisation founded by billionaire George Soros, called on Tuesday for the immediate release of a staff member held in Myanmar and ...