GENEVA (31 January 2025) – Myanmar’s military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since they launched their coup four ...

U.S. allies and adversaries alike on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take ownership of the Gaza Strip, ...

An analysis by The Irrawaddy shows a sharp rise in the number of people killed in junta airstrikes last month. The vast majority of the victims were civilians.

Myanmar’s military government has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections ...

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

Cross-border trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar through Teknaf Land Port is in disarray as the Arakan Army, a Myanmar-based rebel group, disrupts ship movement along the Naf river estuary.

Myanmar’s military has extended its state of emergency for another six months as it struggles to maintain its increasingly fragile grip on power, with fighting raging on multiple fronts across ...

Sunday’s clashes came after the KNU had tried to push back army troops who had entered one district, said Padoh Saw Taw Nee. In response, Myanmar’s military conducted air strikes, the rebels ...

Myanmar’s military government extended its emergency rule for another six months, delaying promised elections as the country faces ongoing conflict. The military, in power since its 2021 coup ...

The joint statement marking the anniversary of the 2021 army takeover also expressed concern over increased cross-border crime in Myanmar such as drug and human trafficking and online scam ...

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it ...