Regional
Washington has urged the leaders of Myanmar's new military regime to refrain from violence and relinquish power, after the death of a young anti-coup protester sparked new anger against the junta.
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is set Tuesday to personally defend Myanmar in The Hague against accusations of genocide, in a remarkable fall from grace for the woman once hailed as a rights icon.
About 200 Myanmar nationals living in Europe, Canada and Australia will rally in The Hague to support Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday and Thursday, says its organiser.
When Aung San Suu Kyi defends her state against allegations of genocide at the UN’s top court next month, a group of loyal supporters have vowed to follow her every step of the way.
Myanmar is in breach of a global convention banning chemical weapons and may have a stockpile left over from the 1980s, the United States said on Monday.
Southeast Asian Games host the Philippines apologised on Sunday to Myanmar among other countries after some arriving athletes were left stranded for hours at the airport or were driven to the wrong hotel, a logistical snafu that drew criticism just days before the competition starts.
Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head up a delegation to the UN’s top court to counter a case accusing the mainly Buddhist state of genocide against its Rohingya Muslims, the government said Wednesday.
Gambia will open its case against Myanmar before the UN's top court in December accusing the mainly Buddhist state of genocide against its Rohingya Muslims, the tribunal said Monday.
Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named Wednesday in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first time the Nobel Laureate has been legally targeted over the crisis.