Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine State has witnessed a “dramatic rise in hunger” due to the continuing civil war and funding cuts from major foreign donors, including the United States, the U.N. World ...

A terrifying map has revealed the impact of the Myanamar earthquake as thousands of people were evacuated with dozens of people feared dead. Data produced by the United States Geological Survey has ...

Myanmar's military seeks to entrench rule as it begins to claw back territory and China presses for stability.

A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar, causing damage and casualties across the country and in neighbouring Thailand. The quake happened in central Myanmar at a depth of 6.2 miles just ...

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar has entered a new phase of civil war marked by unprecedented territorial losses for the Myanmar military council and visible strains on manpower and institutional cohesion ...

The Arakan Army (AA), the ethnic armed organization for the Arakan (Rakhine) people, has now seized control of almost all of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, with the notable exceptions of the capital of ...

'Alarming' hunger crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine, WFP warns Around 16 million people in Myanmar are acutely food insecure, WFP says Rohingya are arriving in Bangladesh in much poorer health, aid group ...

• Deadly quake hits Myanmar: Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors in Myanmar after the largest earthquake in more than a century flattened buildings. More than 1,600 people are dead, ...

Just over two years ago, Tom Andrews, a United Nations special rapporteur, raised the prospect of Myanmar as a “failing state” – a claim that angered the junta and its allies who had done their best ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 4 August 2015 Cyclone Komen, which ...