The Arakan Army must now consolidate its unprecedented territorial gains in Rakhine State and contend with humanitarian, intercommunal and international challenges.

Following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake and 6.7 aftershock last Friday, Myanmar's cultural heritage sites are at risk. One of ...

In a show of what appeared to be humble pie, Myanmar’s junta boss acknowledged that the scale ... But Mandalay is not the worst hit region. A damaged pagoda in Mandalay (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty ...

The junta base in Padaung Township is a crucial defense en route to a cluster of regime arms factories on the Irrawaddy River ...

At least three people were killed when a mosque in Myanmar's Bago region partially collapsed during a powerful 7.7-magnitude ...

The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to ...

Myanmar's junta is pushing back with a new tactic after sustaining heavy losses in the western state of Rakhine. Military forces have found themselves cornered by the Arakan Army, an ethnic ...

Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority armed forces seeking autonomy battle the country’s military rulers ...

Hundreds of thousands fled from Rakhine State in the country’s west to refugee camps over the border in Bangladesh. Since then, the UN has said the Myanmar Army should be investigated for genocide.

For decades, Rohingya in Rakhine State (on the western coast of Myanmar) have faced discrimination and racially-based restrictions in law, policy and practice. This has intensified since 2012, ...

European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides announced €12 million in financing for Burma, 5.2 million of which has already been allocated to provide ...