Yangon
Faced With Ban, Myanmar Hardline Monks Change Name
Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement announced Sunday it was rebranding under a new name, days after Buddhist...
Myanmar’s Hardline Monks Gather Despite Ban
Hundreds of monks and supporters of Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement gathered in a Yangon monastery...
Myanmar To Deport Turkish Family Amid Crackdown Fears
Myanmar authorities have detained a Turkish family and are trying to deport them to Turkey, where activists fear they...
Zambia Considers Moving Capital To Rural Area
Zambia is considering a proposal to move its capital from fast-developing Lusaka to a nearly uninhabited marshland...
Myanmar Top Buddhist Body Muzzles Hardline Group
Myanmar's top Buddhist body has ordered hardline group Ma Ba Tha to remove all public displays, according to a document...
Myanmar Stunt Bikers Dazzle On Yangon’s Streets
Skidding and screeching across the concrete the young bikers perform a carefully choreographed dance of gravity-defying...
Myanmar Widow Jailed For Throwing Hot Water On Child Servant
A Myanmar widow who threw boiling water on a 14-year-old servant leaving her with horrific burns has been jailed for...
Myanmar Nationalists Sent To Jail Over US Embassy Protest
Four Myanmar nationalists were held on Friday for inciting violence during anti-Rohingya protests in Yangon last year,...
Myanmar Police Make Arrests After Nationalist, Muslim Scuffle
Yangon police arrested several Buddhist nationalists Thursday for inciting violence after at least one man was left...
Myanmar Police Fire Shots To Break Up Nationalist, Muslim Scuffles
Police in Myanmar fired warning shots to break up scuffles between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Myanmar's...
India Breaks Into FIFA Top 100 After 21 Years
The Indian men's football team on Thursday climbed to the 100th spot in the latest FIFA world rankings - their best...
India Breaks Into FIFA Top 100 After 21 Years
The Indian men's football team on Thursday climbed to the 100th spot in the latest FIFA world rankings -- their best...
Vatican and Myanmar Agree To Establish Diplomatic Ties
The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian...
The Illegal Abortions Killing Myanmar’s Women
Thiri's heart started pounding and her whole body shook after she swallowed the final dose of pills that would end her...
Myanmar ‘yet To Ask UK To Arrest British Murder Suspect’
A 26-year-old British man wanted for the murder of a compatriot in Myanmar is living freely in Scotland because the...
Myanmar Wedding Boat Toll Rises To 30
Rescuers Sunday found more bodies from a boat accident in western Myanmar that has now claimed the lives of at least 30...
20 Killed In Myanmar Wedding Boat Crash
At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at night in...
Myanmar Govt Staff Sentenced To Jail For Criticising Army
An official working for Aung San Suu Kyi's government was sentenced to six months in jail in a Yangon court on Friday...
Mixed Bag For Suu Kyi’s Party As Myanmar Ballots Counted
Aung San Suu Kyi's one-year-old government retained most of its seats in Myanmar by-elections Sunday but braced for...