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Myanmar's ethnic rebels say they captured an airport in a new setback for the military government
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoOne of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic minority groups battling the military government said it...
UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoThe United Nations’ food agency on Tuesday strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and...
Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar's civil war
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoBANGKOK (AP) — New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a...
UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state
The Canadian Press - Olympics 2022 via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 months agoGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports”...
Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoA spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government denied accusations that army troops and their local...
Myanmar's ethnic insurgents raise the pressure on military junta
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoSenior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, inspects officers during a parade to...
A unified strategy and more funding are urgently needed to end the crisis in Myanmar, UN chief says
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoThe United Nations chief renewed an urgent call to the international community Thursday to seek a...
Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoAbout two weeks into a major offensive against Myanmar's military-run government by an alliance of...
UN's Guterres decries violence in Myanmar as military airstrikes kill at least 25 Rohingya in west
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoMilitary airstrikes in western Myanmar killed at least 25 members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya...
Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription into an army they despise
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoThwel, a 25-year-old schoolteacher, saw very few options left to her after Myanmar’s military...