Sources: NPR
Five people are killed and approximately 40,000 are evacuated due to floods and landslides from monsoon rains in Myanmar. 2023-08-11
Three people are killed by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in Maubin, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. 2023-06-7
During her first speech before the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi denies all charges of genocide, blames separatists and says the accusations are "misleading". 2019-12-11
Myanmar President Win Myint pardons two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who had been imprisoned at Insein Prison for more than 500 days after being charged with possession of classified documents under the "Official Secrets Act". The pair were arrested in December 2017 as they were investigating the Inn Din massacre. 2019-05-7
A heap of mining waste collapses at a jade mine in Kachin State, Myanmar, causing a landslide that kills at least 17 people. Six people are also left injured and an unknown number of people are missing. 2018-05-4
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
Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi asks U.S. businesses to invest in Myanmar after Barack Obama agrees to lift U.S. sanctions. 2016-09-15
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 Obama Administration announces the creation of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, a new United States federal government agency that will be a fusion center between existing agencies and the private sector for real-time use against cyber attacks. 2015-02-10
The European Union suspends most trade sanctions against Myanmar for a year but leaves an arms embargo in place. 2012-04-23