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Without electricity, water or internet, junta officials are working from the lawns beside the ruins of the foreign ministry while residents sleep on the street for fear of aftershocks.
U.S. News & World Report |
A major rebel alliance in Myanmar on Tuesday declared a unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with the ruling military to support an international humanitarian response to last week's devastating eart...
Fox News |
"The needs are massive, and they are rising by the hour," said Julia Rees, UNICEF's deputy representative for Burma. "The window for lifesaving response is closing.

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In Myanmar's 'Abode of Kings', earthquake hits home of military power
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing stood astride a jeep, touring columns of saluting soldiers as fighter jets shot flares and helicopters buzzed overhead in an annual display of military might in the capital,
Aftershocks rattle earthquake-devastated Myanmar as military bombs rebel areas
Aid is trickling into Myanmar, hampered by buckled roads and piles of debris. So far, 1,600 people are confirmed dead, and the toll is expected to rise.
Myanmar military is bombing civilians in quake zone
Myanmar is still devastated after an earthquake three days ago flattened villages and parts of cities, trapping people under rubble. The official death toll so far is 1,700 and rising, though the United States Geological Survey — using satellite images — estimates the quake possibly killed as many as 100,
Myanmar Rebel Alliance Declares Unilateral Ceasefire to Support Quake Response
A major rebel alliance in Myanmar on Tuesday declared a unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with the ruling military to support an international humanitarian response to last week's devastating earthquake.
The multiple tragedies of Myanmar
But Myanmar took the full force — and is far less well equipped to deal with the aftermath. The state’s capacity has been further eroded since the military toppled the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.
Signs of life detected in quake-struck Bangkok skyscraper; death toll tops 2,000
Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at least 2,
Survivors still being found from Burma earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700
Burma was hit by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday, killing more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. Thailand also sustained damage.
Families Awaits News of Missing Workers at Bangkok Collapsed Building Site
When the earthquake that hit Myanmar sent its aftershocks to Thailand, Naruemon Thonglek and Chanpen Kaewnoi didn’t immediately hear it also had collapsed a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok,
A woman is rescued from rubble in Myanmar but hope is fading for more quake survivors
Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed at least 2,
Myanmar Earthquake Toll Surpasses 1,600 Dead Amid Search for Survivors
Aid workers delivered the first shipments of help to Myanmar, but will have to cross a country buckled by the disaster and divided by civil war, arms dealers and drug syndicates.
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Myanmar earthquake: Military regime targeting 'civilian areas' with airstrikes in wake of disaster, armed group claims
An armed resistance group in Myanmar has accused the ruling military government of continuing to carry out airstrikes on "civilian areas" in the wake of the huge earthquake in the country.
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Myanmar military denounced as ‘inhumane’ for continuing airstrikes after devastating earthquake
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Myanmar declares week of national mourning as quake deaths climb past 2,000
Myanmar's military leadership declared a week of national mourning on Monday with flags to fly at half-mast until April 6 “in sympathy for the loss of life and damages” from a massive quake ...
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Myanmar hospitals overwhelmed as military government says more than 2,000 killed in quake
More than 2,000 people have died in Myanmar following Friday's powerful earthquake, the country's military leadership says, as it declares a week of national mourning The UN has made an urgent ...
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The Rohingya were driven from Myanmar. Now they’re taking up arms to fight back
Ayas fled Myanmar in 2017 when its military, along with Buddhist militias, began what he describes as the coordinated massacre of entire Rohingya villages, killing men, women, and children alike.
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