Myanmar

Because of their soft bodies and parasitic lifestyles, tapeworms had never been definitively identified in the fossil record.

Three years of war have devastated Myanmar since the army seized power on February 1, 2021, from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar's junta has stepped up a bombing campaign as its forces have come under pressure from insurgents.

India and China face similar dilemmas of widening ethnic turmoil at their border while trying to check each other's geopolitical influence in Myanmar.

Footage shows the plane nose down in thick vegetation, with the fuselage misshapen and the aircraft's middle damaged.

Five people were injured in China's southwestern Yunnan province by shells fired from the Myanmar side of the border.

Beijing is making a desperate attempt to convince rebel groups fighting just south of its border to abide by a ceasefire it is helping to broker.

Experts believe China is backing certain rebel groups in Myanmar as their armed conflict with the military junta continues.

Experts believe China's military exercises are a signal to Myanmar's military junta and the West.

Moscow appears to be eyeing opportunities in the Indo-Pacific as it is shut out of Europe and North America.

Ethnic minority groups in Myanmar have been clashing with the ruling junta close to the border with China.

"This is closest to a civil war that India has ever seen," Indian expert and army veteran Sushant Singh tells Newsweek.

More than 2,000 homes were burned down in July alone as Myanmar's civilians bear the brunt of the junta's war against widespread opposition to its rule.

The storm, named Cyclone Mocha, reached wind speeds of up to 175 mph as it gathered momentum over the Bay of Bengal before making landfall in Myanmar.

The ultimate goal in pursuing a path out of genocide must be to create the conditions conducive to safe, voluntary, and sustainable return of Rohingya to their homeland in Myanmar.

On the two-year anniversary of the coup in Myanmar, it has never been clearer that silence and inaction have no place in responsible business.

China's prosecutorial ambitions reach far beyond what's allowed by international treaties.

The Rohingya have been pushed to the brink of extinction. More than one million people languish in overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh, while the military that committed these atrocities is more powerful than ever, having carried out a coup against the civilian government in 2021. The world must act now to prevent this ongoing genocide against us—starting with supporting the international justice efforts that have provided a ray of hope.

Pictures show the extremely rare elephant living happily with its mother in Myanmar.

As if the erosion of democratic institutions since the pandemic was not enough, the war in Ukraine represented a further boost to the region's autocracy.

It is incumbent on the world to keep seeking accountability and to support survivors in rebuilding their lives.

It's racist jargon that makes us ignore conflicts raging internationally.

"My comrades tried to reassure me that it was inevitable for families to do that under pressure," Lin Lin Bo Bo told Reuters. "But I was so heartbroken."

Myanmar is the world's largest exporter of teak, which is a valuable kind of hardwood used in building floors, furniture and bridges.

A Myanmar court sentenced the country's former leader to another four years in prison, though she faces more if found guilty of all her charges.

We need to send a message to the world about Myanmar's terrible human rights violations," Myanmar protest leader Khin Sandar told Reuters.

Save the Children said two of its workers were among at least 35 killed on December 24 by Myanmar's military as they were fleeing conflict.

A mound of dirt and waste from other mines slid off a cliff and fell nearly 200 feet, striking many of the miners.

With little to no support from the outside, Myanmar's democracy activists have nowhere to go but the streets.

Businesses cannot claim to be neutral actors during a humanitarian crisis.