ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese people hope for Pope Leo's support and ask for help after the earthquake

Archdiocese of Mandalay Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "Now we must rebuild hope in our communities, already affected by war and hardship. We renew an urgent appeal: help us rebuild our ecclesial communities in Mandalay," Father Peter Kyi Maung, …

EU demands accountability for Myanmar school strike

The EU on Wednesday voiced shock at a deadly air strike on a school in central Myanmar, warning the “perpetrators must be held accountable for this atrocity”. A Myanmar junta air strike on Monday killed 20 students and two teachers in the village of Oe …

Silence Is Complicity in the Myanmar Junta’s Massacre of Children

How many more Myanmar people, including children, must sacrifice their lives before the international community intervenes to halt the barbarity that the country’s military regime is committing against its own people? Lest the world forget how brutal it is …

Bestseller Wants Higher Wages for Myanmar’s Garment Workers. Activists Call Foul.

A garment workers’ union in Myanmar has called into question Bestseller’s support for increased minimum wages in the disaster-ravaged Southeast Asian nation, citing complaints of rights abuses, including those alleging wage theft, unfair dismissal and a …

British Authorities Charge Former Myanmar Envoy With Trespassing on London Residence

British police have reportedly charged Myanmar’s former ambassador to the United Kingdom with trespassing on a diplomatic premises, over his occupation of the country’s ambassadorial residence in London. On February 1, 2021, when Myanmar’s military seized …

Former Myanmar ambassador to UK charged with trespassing

Ousted by military junta, Kyaw Zwar Minn has refused to leave diplomatic residence in London PUBLISHED : 14 May 2025 at 21:02 LONDON - British police have charged Myanmar’s former ambassador to the United Kingdom with trespassing on a diplomatic residence …

Myanmar – Attack on a school (14.05.25)

France strongly condemns the May 12th attack by Myanmar armed forces on a school in Depayin Township, which left several dozen dead and injured, mostly children. In total contradiction with the ceasefire announced last week, this latest massacre of …

Death Toll From Myanmar Junta Airstrike on School Rises to 25

The death toll at the Depayin Township school targeted by Myanmar junta aircraft on Monday has risen to 25 after three more children died from their injuries. The civilian National Unity Government (NUG) and witnesses claimed that the regime used widely …

A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said

Cabinet Provides Humanitarian Aid to Myanmar

The Council of Ministers adopted a decision to provide gratuitous humanitarian aid to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Government information service reported here on Wednesday. In response to a request from the government of the Republic of the …