The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

As many as 16-20 refugees may have died of thirst and hunger or have drowned, according to relatives and activists.

MUMBAI: At least 100 Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India's Andaman Islands and as many as 16 to 20 may have died of thirst, hunger or drowned, said two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups.

Up to 20 people have died of hunger or thirst on a boat carrying ethnic Rohingya that has been stranded at sea for two weeks off India's coast, two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups said.

YANGON: Myanmar police have arrested 12 suspected members of a human trafficking gang linked to the deaths of 13 Rohingya, the military said.

Governments asked to launch search and rescue mission amid reports of refugee deaths on vessel drifting for weeks.

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is likely to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urging its military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said.

The U.N. Security Council is likely to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urging its military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said.

The recently passed bill by Congress, known broadly as the 2022 Burma Act, which allows the US government to provide technical support and non-military assistance to engage with the opposition groups against the military junta in Nay Pyi Taw combined with the incoming Asean chair, Indonesia, could be a game-changer…

Navy says 104 people found on board a trawler suspected to have originated from Myanmar and heading to Indonesia.

Sri Lanka's navy has rescued 104 Rohingya adrift off the Indian Ocean island's northern coast, an official said on Monday, as members of the Muslim minority continue to escape violence in Myanmar and hardship in Bangladesh refugee camps.

Around a dozen people were injured in a blast on a ferry in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon on Sunday, a security source and local media said.