Myanmar

Advocacy group and local media say nearly 90% of victims shot dead and a quarter of them shot in the head

The blaze tears through the cramped camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, killing 15 people with hundreds missing

A young man was shot and killed in one of the most turbulent neighbourhoods of the main city of Yangon

Forces open fire in a confrontation in central town of Aungban as they tried to clear a protesters’ barricade

Myanmar’s UN envoy says looking at ways people can be held accountable for violence following the coup

The State Sahgha Maha Nayaka Committee (Mahana) calls on the junta to end violence against protesters

Security forces shot dead at least 20 people on Monday after 74 killed a day earlier

Activists plan more anti-coup rallies a day after at least 39 people were killed in clashes with security forces

More than 70 people have been killed in Myanmar in widespread protests against a February 1 coup by the military

Thousands of people defied a night time curfew to take to the streets of Myanmar’s main city

Troops fire shots in the air at several places around the nation and check cars to prevent protesters from gathering

I am going to patrol the whole city tonight and I will shoot whoever I see, says a uniformed man in a tiktok video

Violence came after Myanmar’s UN envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop the Feb. 1 coup

World Bank President said it was taking an “extra cautious” approach to Myanmar

Since the coup, our lives have become hopeless, our dreams have died

Malaysia sends 1,086 Myanmar nationals back in a move rights groups say could endanger the deportees’ lives

With three protesters killed since the protest campaign began

After two protesters shot dead over the weekend

Tens of thousands of people massed peacefully in the second city of Mandalay, where Saturday’s killings took place

Opponents of coup took to streets, demanding end to military rule and release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Demonstrators sceptical of the military’s promise to hold a new election and hand power to the winner

She was hit by what doctors said was a live bullet at a protest in the capital

Marking two weeks of daily demonstrations against the Southeast Asian country’s military for seizing power

Issues arrest warrants against six celebrities for encouraging protests that have paralysed many govt offices

The foreign minister said he did not support slapping “widespread generalised indiscriminate sanctions” on Myanmar

UN envoy warned army of “severe consequences” for any harsh response to the pro-democracy demonstrations

The 28-year-old, who goes by the name 'Spidey Htoo', wore the superhero costume at protests to avoid getting arrested

The United Nations human rights office says more than 350 people have been arrested in Myanmar since the coup

Biden is expected to announce sanctions on those responsible for the takeover

The Myanmar military is known for its ruthlessness that shows its ugly face fairly frequently

Protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military coup chanted and confronted police

Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience grow louder and more organised

With no internet and official information scarce, rumours swirl about the fate of Suu Kyi and her cabinet

Australia’s foreign ministry 'deeply concerned' about reports of Australian detained arbitrarily in Myanmar

Civil society organisations appeal to internet providers and mobile networks to resist the junta’s orders

The coup was “one step backward in the process of democracy in that country” says Malaysian PM

New Delhi had sent 1.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Myanmar as part of a diplomatic effort last month

In the first such street protest against this week’s army takeover

International pressure grows to accept the results of November elections won by Suu Kyi

The military takeover cut short Myanmar’s long transition to democracy and drew condemnation from all over the world

Deeply concerned about the fate of detained political leaders and civil society activists says the group

Student and youth groups also joined the civil disobedience campaign

Bridgefy, whose backers include Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and which has also been used at anti-government rallies

Johnson calls for the vote of the people to be respected and civilian leaders released

China has strategic economic interests in Myanmar, with major oil and gas pipelines running through the country

Calls for “peace and stability” in Myanmar after a military seizes power and detains Leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Demands the immediate release of all those detained in raids across the country

Leader Suu Kyi and other figures in the ruling party detained after days of escalating tension with the military

Bangladesh on Tuesday moved a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal

The country's teeming commercial hub Yangon becomes a virus hotspot