Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders as UN says military choking aid
Min Aung Hlaing holds meetings with Indian and Thai leaders in rare foreign trip
Myanmar
They fought to save lives in Myanmar. The earthquake claimed theirs
When the earthquake devastated his home city, a doctor who defied the coup crossed combat zones to check on family and colleagues
Heat and rains increase risk of disease as Myanmar earthquake death toll continues to rise
Risk worsened by damage to about half of healthcare facilities in affected areas
Myanmar leader set for overseas trip after earthquake as aid groups clamour for access
Hospitals overwhelmed and medicines scarce, relief groups say, as official death toll from 7.7 magnitude quake nears 3,000
Window to find Myanmar earthquake survivors is closing, UN warns
Aid groups describe scenes of desperation as death toll continues to climb
Search for earthquake survivors intensifies in Myanmar and Thailand as death toll exceeds 2,000
Chinese rescuers pull four survivors from Mandalay rubble while Thai efforts focus on collapsed Bangkok skyscraper
‘Wherever I looked I saw collapsed buildings’: Myanmar quake rescuers and medics struggle with size of task
Rescue teams battle against supply shortages, power outages, connection disruptions and broken roads as UN warns of lack of medical supplies
Myanmar earthquake: Death toll hits 1,700 as hundreds remain trapped or missing
Damaged infrastructure slowing humanitarian operation as rescue teams continue searches
Myanmar earthquake death toll hits 1,644 as rescuers scramble to free trapped survivors
Quake damaged roads, bridges and buildings in Myanmar, crippling critical infrastructure amid grinding civil war
Shockwaves from Myanmar earthquake reach Ireland
Seismic instruments in Ireland picked up the aftershocks from the 7.7 magnitude tremor
‘The scene was like the end of the world’: Thailand reels from earthquake
Bangkok grinds to a halt as tremors are felt from Myanmar earthquake
Myanmar earthquake: At least 140 killed, hundreds injured with at least nine dead in Thailand
Social media posts from Mandalay showed collapsed buildings and debris strewn across streets
In pictures: Myanmar and Thailand rocked by powerful earthquake
Several people died and buildings collapsed in Myanmar and Thailand after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook the region
Drugs, scams and sin: Myanmar’s war has made it the global crime capital
Southeast Asian country is now the world’s largest producer of opium and one of the largest manufacturers of synthetic drugs
Myanmar’s war has forced doctors and nurses into prostitution
Goals and dreams were ravaged along with the economy following the 2021 military coup and ensuing civil war
Ireland to intervene in two genocide cases at International Court of Justice under new proposals
State would submit Declarations of Intervention against Israel and Myanmar as part of plans being put forward by Tánaiste
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader over Rohingya campaign
Myanmar rulers deny allegations, saying security forces were carrying out legitimate operations against militants who attacked police posts
Typhoon Yagi: 226 people die and 77 missing in floods in Myanmar
About a third of Myanmar’s 55 million people already in need humanitarian aid following conflict triggered by February 2021 coup
At least 254 killed in Vietnam by Typhoon Yagi as southeast Asia braces for further rain
Thailand places more than 40 provinces on alert for flooding while Myanmar urges evacuations as water levels rise in its three main rivers
‘A refugee could be the person who saves your life’
World Refugee Day: Ismail Mohammed on his journey from growing up in the world’s biggest refugee camp to becoming an aerospace engineer in Dublin
Myanmar sees fighting on Thai border as rebels target junta troops causing civilians to flee
Clashes force 3,000 to cross border for refuge with key frontier trading town seized in blow to military struggling to govern
Myanmar troops retreat as rebels declare control over key border town
The military-run government has suffered a series of defeats in frontier areas
India aims to fence 1,643km border with Myanmar to stem refugees and soldiers fleeing ethnic unrest
Proposed fencing is opposed by all four northeastern Indian states that border Myanmar
Bangladesh election: Sheikh Hasina wins fourth straight term as prime minister
Election marred by low voter turnout and violence, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotting poll and calling on Hasina to resign
In Myanmar, accounts of disappearances create climate of fear
Development comes as military struggles with recruitment — at least 4,500 soldiers have defected from the army
Myanmar is now world’s largest source of opium, UN says
Cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 95% after ban by Taliban in 2022
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