Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
Two Reuters journalists who were jailed for their reporting on atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state have been awarded Pulitzer Prize.
Fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic Rakhine rebels has escalated in the western state's temple-studded town of Mrauk U, sources confirmed Wednesday, with reports of military jets streaking across the sky.
Two mosques in central Myanmar's Magwe region have become the focus of a dispute over freedom of worship.
The Myanmar army said Friday that six Rohingya killed by helicopter gunfire in restive Rakhine state were working with a rebel group, the latest escalation in violence that the UN says "may constitute war crimes."
Thousands of devotees flocked to a mock palace of kaleidoscopic colours in Mon state this week to dance, sing and pay their final respects at the lavish cremation of a local celebrity monk.
A Myanmar military officer has filed a defamation lawsuit against the prominent movie director and human rights advocate Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi after he criticised the army's role in politics in a series of Facebook posts.
At least 15 people were killed in Bago after the bus they were travelling in plunged into a gorge, police and state media said.
Myanmar authorities seized more than 1,700 kilogrammes (3,750 pounds) of crystal meth worth nearly US$29 million in a multi-state operation this week, the biggest haul of 2019 in a country widely believed to be the world's largest methamphetamine producer.