The UN Security Council (UNSC) has urged military of Myanmar to release all detained political leaders and uphold democracy. In a statement, the Security Council said it has agreed by consensus that military in Myanmar should refrain from violence, fully respect human rights, fundamental freedoms ...

In Myanmar, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other senior officials from the ruling party have been detained by the military. The Myanmar military television has also declared a state of emergency in the country for one year. Meanwhile, the United States has said it ...

The United States has criticized Myanmar’s military for persecution and ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.     In a meeting with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Singapore, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the violence and persecution by military and vigilantes that ...

*LONDON - Facebook suspends Myanmar military Chief from the social media website to prevent the spread of “hate and misinformation” after reviewing the content.* Facebook’s action means an essential blackout of the military’s main channel of public communication, with pages followed by ...

Rohingya refugees are continuing to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh even after the two countries said they will begin repatriating members of the minority ethnic group next week. A Bangladesh official said in Dhaka on Friday that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims poured into Bangladesh after ...

BEIJING: China wants closer ties with Myanmar’s military to help protect regional peace and security, a senior Chinese general told the visiting head of the southeast Asian country’s army.China and Myanmar have had close diplomatic and economic ties for years, including increasingly in the ...

YANGON:  One person was injured when military trucks hit landmines in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State this week, state media said on Friday, amid ethnic tension following an army crackdown that sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing.More than 600,000 of the refugees have entered ...

Istanbul: European Council suspended contact with Myanmar’s military over its “disproportionate” use of force against Rohingya.The resolution backs up earlier EU moves to restrict certain arms and equipment sales to the country’s military which has been accused of carrying out ethnic ...

DHAKA - Rohingya militants whose attacks triggered an army crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state unleashing a huge wave of refugees said Saturday their one-month ceasefire would end in two days, but added they were open to peace if the government reciprocated.In a statement released through its ...

NEW YORK: The Myanmar military executed dozens of Rohingya Muslims in many villages across the troubled Rakhine state on August 27, days after the recent spate of violence began, according to the Human Rights (HRW). Soldiers had sexually assaulted, beaten up, shot and stabbed the villagers who had ...