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The United Nations refugee agency is investigating reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement Tuesday that the boats reportedly departed Myanmar’s western state of...

Myanmar has imposed a state of emergency in 60 townships across nine states and regions, transferring sweeping powers to the military as authorities seek to contain ongoing violence, local media reported on Friday. The President’s Office said the emergency measures, declared Thursday, aim to...

Thousands of prisoners in Myanmar have been granted amnesty or had their sentences reduced. The pardon order by Min Aung Hlaing is one of his first official acts since the coup leader became president this month. The move comes as the lawyer for jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi told the Reuters...

Min Aung Hlaing, who as Myanmar ’s military commander had led the Southeast Asian nation with an iron fist since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021, was sworn in as an elected president on Friday. His inauguration came after a general election judged by UN experts and...

Myanmar's parliament elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as president on Friday, April 3, parliament said, with the ex-military commander set to maintain his rule in a civilian guise after snatching power by force five years ago. The coup-leading general—who swept aside democracy in 2021, detaining...

Myanmar opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years on Monday following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling military is set to retain a firm grasp on power. The military blocked Myanmar’s last parliament from convening when it seized...

The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to thousands of prisoners, mostly political detainees, and activists being prosecuted or in hiding, state-run media reported Monday. There was no sign former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in the military takeover in 2021 and has...

Legal authorities in Timor-Leste have initiated legal proceedings against Myanmar’s military junta, including its leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The move comes after the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) last month submitted a criminal file in...

Myanmar’s military-backed party secured a sweeping victory in the country’s three-phase general election, according to state media, following the tightly controlled voting held amid civil war and widespread repression. The final of three rounds of voting last weekend wrapped up an election that...

The top court of the United Nations has opened a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its mostly Muslim Rohingya minority. Myanmar’s military deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority in a bid to destroy the community, The Gambia’s Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told the...