Sources: NPR
Floods in northern Myanmar trap thousands of people in their homes and cause power outages and disruptions to telephone services. 2024-07-2
Five government and security officials are killed and eleven police officers are injured in a bomb attack on a government compound in Myawaddy, Kayin State, Myanmar. 2023-09-3
A refugee boat en route to Bangladesh from Myanmar capsizes, resulting in at least 12 deaths. 2017-10-8
At least 20 people are killed when a boat carrying wedding guests collides with a river barge in western Myanmar. 2017-04-8
A United Nations official accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya. 2016-11-24
The Obama administration lifts U.S. sanctions on Myanmar by terminating an emergency order that deemed the policies of the former military government a threat to U.S. national security. 2016-10-7
The Assembly of the Union for Myanmar meets with Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy having the majority for the first time. 2016-02-1
At least six people are killed and dozens injured from a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that struck 20 miles from the city of Imphal, the capital of the Indian state of Manipur, near the border with Myanmar. 2016-01-4
The Obama Administration weighs the option of using military force to protect the U.S.-backed rebels fighting the Assad regime. 2015-10-3
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders the Obama administration to cease its enforcement of the ban on gay men and women in the military ("Don't ask, don't tell"). 2011-07-6