Myanmar

ASEAN calls Middle East escalation ‘regrettable’, urges ceasefire after US-Israel strike on Iran

A tall plume of black smoke ascends following an explosion in the Fujairah industrial zone on March 3, 2026.

Myanmar junta to ration fuel for private vehicles, blaming Middle East shipping disruptions

Motorbikes and cars queue at a petrol station in Yangon.

Britain to bar study visas for four countries, halt Afghan work visas

The Home Office said it had pulled the "emergency brake" on the study and work visas.

Myanmar grants amnesty to over 7,000 convicted over ‘terrorist group’ support

A prisoner looks out of a bus carrying fellow released prisoners out of Insein prison in Yangon on March 2, 2026, to mark Peasants' Day.

Truck carrying migrant workers crashes while fleeing Thai police; at least 20 injured

None of the migrants had valid passport or documention.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Feb 27, 2026

A crowd gathering along the park connector off 8B Upper Boon Keng Road on Feb 26.

Russia to help select and train first Myanmar cosmonaut

Head of the Roscosmos space corporation Dmitry Bakanov walks, on the day of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev, lifts off to the International Space Station (ISS) in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/File Photo

Near-blind Myanmar refugee found dead in Buffalo after release by US Border Patrol

Mr Nurul Amin Shah Alam was almost blind and did not speak English.

UNICEF alarmed over reports of deadly Myanmar air strikes on civilians

About 6,800 civilians have been killed and 3.6 million people displaced in the turmoil, according to UN estimates, creating one of Asia's worst humanitarian crises.

Myanmar junta air strike kills at least 17: Local groups

Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the junta snatched power in a 2021 coup.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.