H&M has decided to stop operating in Myanmar following an increase in allegations of labor abuses at garment factories in the country. The world’s second largest fashion retailer told CNN on …
Military airstrike on gem mining town kills at least 21 in Myanmar
An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on the town of Mogok, the center of the Southeast Asian country’s lucrative gem-mining industry, has killed at least 21 people including a pregnant woman.
Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of ‘disaster’
The World Food Programme makes an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a “full-blown disaster”.
Myanmar-China gas pipeline goes into operation – Yahoo Finance
Gas has started flowing to energy-hungry China through a pipeline from Myanmar, Beijing’s official media reported, in a major project that highlights their economic links even as political ties come …
Desperate Myanmar villagers scavenge for food as hunger bites
People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.
Myanmar Military Chief Calls for Heightened Security Ahead of Election
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar’s military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall in central Moscow, Russia, March 4, 2025.
Myanmar junta air strike on stranded convoy kills eight: residents
YANGON: An air strike on a Myanmar civilian supply convoy trapped between junta troops and anti-coup rebels battling outside its second largest city killed at least eight people, two locals said …
Myanmar security forces involved in systematic torture, UN report says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -United Nations investigators said on Tuesday they have found evidence of systematic torture by Myanmar security forces and identified some of the most senior …
UN-backed investigators allege torture and sex crimes in Myanmar detention facilities
A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of …
Myanmar junta committing ‘systematic’ torture: UN report
YANGON: UN investigators say they have recorded “systematic” torture in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities including beatings, electric shocks and gang ra …