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A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ...
Four days after a massive earthquake toppled buildings across Myanmar, isolated stories were still emerging Monday of people being pulled alive from the rubble. The confirmed death toll has ...
The death toll for the devastating Myanmar earthquake soared to more than 1,600 Saturday as rescuers frantically scoured the rubble for survivors. Military officials said 1,644 bodies have been ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644, as more bodies were pulled ...
Authorities in Myanmar have held a minute of silence to honour the victims of a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, including 50 children at one preschool near the city of ...
A rare call for outside help Myanmar’s military junta seized power in a 2021 coup after a brief 10-year experiment with democracy. Before that, Myanmar’s generals ruled for decades. And ...
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, killing at least 838 people, and 694 in the Mandalay region alone, according to the country’s military junta, with deadly tremors ...
BANGKOK, April 1 (Reuters) - Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after an earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people ...
The 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia on March 28. LONDON -- The human cost of last month's 7.7-magnitude earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand is still rising more than a week ...
The death toll in Myanmar has exceeded 1,600, the country’s military government said. The powerful earthquake also jolted other parts of Southeast Asia. By Lynsey Chutel and John Yoon A 7.7 ...
A powerful earthquake struck Southeast Asia on Friday, killing over 140 people in Myanmar and injuring hundreds as authorities in Thailand searched for dozens of people trapped under the rubble of ...
(Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta should allow immediate unfettered access to humanitarian aid for earthquake survivors and lift restrictions that impede the emergency response, Human ...