Myanmar

Summer is yet to peak for India, but the mercury has already nudged 50 degrees.

The UN human rights office warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, pointing to new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the military and an ethnic armed group fighting it.

The post has been vacant for 10 months as the country's conflict escalated into the worst violence since the military takeover in 2021.

An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees.

Leaders from Indonesia to Thailand have travelled to Melbourne for the summit.

A moderate earthquake has shaken eastern Myanmar and been felt in a popular tourist destination in Thailand.

Cyclone Mocha has collapsed houses, felled trees and severely compromising communication lines in the conflict-racked state of Rakhine.

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

A tropical cyclone is strengthening in the Bay of Bengal and is on course to hit western Myanmar and Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, the world's largest refugee camp.

After 650 days imprisoned in Myanmar, Australian academic Sean Turnell is in "remarkably good" spirits, speaking about his time in jail and even cracking jokes.

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A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case on Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating an official secrets law.

A Myanmar woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for posting to her OnlyFans account, becoming the first person to be jailed for such a crime in the country.

Government helicopters have attacked a school and village in north-central Myanmar, killing at least 13 people including seven children, a school administrator and an aid worker said.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges.

Myanmar's government announced on Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's takeover by the military last year.

There are renewed calls today for the release of an Australian man from a Myanmar prison one year since his arrest.

A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund's latest update on Asia's greater Mekong region.

A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said.

At least 30 people, including women and children were killed on Friday, according to a human rights group.

People across the country shut their businesses and stay at home in protest of military rule.

A special court in Myanmar's capital sentenced the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said.

Myanmar's junta has freed hundreds of political prisoners from Yangon's Insein prison, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing local media

Countries across Asia are grappling with their worst coronavirus outbreaks of the pandemic, spurred by low vaccine rates and the highly-contagious Delta variant.

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday on charges that many observers say are an attempt by the junta that deposed her to eliminate her as a political force.

The shipping container raised suspicions as soon as it arrived in remote northwestern Laos last July.

India's COVID-19 crisis continues to spiral further out of control, with thousands dying every day amid a crumbling healthcare system.

Southeast Asian leaders demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar in an emergency summit on Saturday with its top general and coup leader, Indonesia's president said.

The Federal Government is being urged to allow thousands of Myanmar citizens in Australia to remain here after their visas expire, following concerns about the dangers they risk if forced to return home.

At least 80 pro-democracy protesters are understood to have been killed by security forces in Myanmar.

A fifth-generation farmer has made her position known over a proposal to put a 190km-long transmission line through her Victorian property.

Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar, adept at finding themes to tie together protests nationwide, took to the streets holding painted eggs in a nod to the Easter holiday on Sunday.

Myanmar's military junta has cut all wireless internet services until further notice, in what appears to be part of a concerted effort to control communications and messaging in the Southeast Asian country.

A Chinese border city hit by a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 began a five-day drive Friday to vaccinate its entire population of 300,000 people.

Since Saturday, the military has been conducting airstrikes in Karen state, forcing thousands of residents to flee into the jungle and neighbouring countries.

Protesters returned to the streets on Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy.

Myanmar's military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing threw a lavish dinner party while his troops reportedly shot dead more than 100 people in the streets and forced thousands of people to flee into neighboring Thailand

The Chief of the Australian Defence Force has joined the military heads of 11 other countries in condemning the Myanmar's junta's role in the country's bloodiest day since last month's coup.

Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day since last month's military coup.

Australia is weighing up further sanctions against Myanmar, in response to escalating violence after last month's military coup.

Protesters in Myanmar are going on a "silent strike" after a seven-year-old girl was shot dead in her father's arms by security forces on Tuesday.

Myanmar's ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country's largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month's military coup.

Pope Francis undertook the papacy's first official visit to Iraq, with the country's Christians turning out en masse to greet him.

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Australia is suspending its defence cooperation with Myanmar's military in the wake of the February 1 coup and deadly violence against protesters in recent days.

Plus, the Myanmar riots continue, floods drown a small US town, a music legend gets the COVID-19 jab and an iconic statue celebrates its anniversary.

YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar's military for violating its guidelines.

Footage of a brutal crackdown on protests against a coup in Myanmar unleashed outrage and calls for a stronger international response Thursday, a day after 38 people were killed.

Myanmar security forces dramatically escalated their crackdown on protests against last month's coup, killing at least 34 protesters on Wednesday in several cities, according to accounts on social media and local news reports compiled by a data analyst.

Authorities in Myanmar have charged six journalists with violating a public order law that could see them imprisoned for up to three years.