Burma

Myanmar’s leader personally faces allegations while avoiding the task of changing the country’s trajectory

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai and mainly Muslim countries in Asia led a growing chorus of criticism aimed at Myanmar and its civilian leader

Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred corner of Rakhine State say fear is one of the few constants in their lives

As the world marks victory over Japan Day, a remarkable story is told of a Nigerian soldier rescued by Rohingya villagers.

Sectarian riots in central Burma have claimed 43 lives, 86 injured and have left 11 376 homeless, state media has reported.

Burma’s first sex education magazine has got the usually demure nation hot under the collar as it explores new-found cultural freedom.

A plane from Burma carrying 65 passengers, including foreign tourists, has crash-landed in the country’s eastern Shan state.

US President Barack Obama will announce a $170-million aid pledge to Burma to mark his historic visit to the country.

Burmese authorities have faced criticism from rights groups after deadly unrest between Muslim Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists.

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has announced in Britain that she is prepared to take the helm as the leader of her people.

Suspending rather than lifting sanctions was the right move to keep pressure on the government, says Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Thousands of displaced Muslim Rohingyas and Rakhine Buddhists need food and water in Burma after fleeing the country’s worst clashes in years.

Bangladesh border guards have turned back three more boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims who have fled religious violence in Burma.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a rapturous welcome by thousands of Burma refugees forced by human rights abuses to live in a Thai border camp.

Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been sworn in as an MP — signalling a new chapter in her near quarter-century struggle against oppression.