Myanmar
US begins direct talks with Myanmar in reversal of isolation attempts following military coup
The US Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Michael Vance, played a leading role in the outreach, which has focused on shutting down scam centers that target Americans.
Over 90 dead, thousands missing after monsoon causes catastrophic flooding in India, Nepal, Myanmar
Myanmar arrests 21 over alleged donations to opposition-linked fundraising platform
Myanmar female prisoners face torture and neglect, rights group says
From Myanmar to Israel: Doctors wish child 'Merry Christmas'
Physicians from three religious backgrounds came together to wish little Hannah, brought to Israel from Myanmar by Save a Child's Heart, a “Merry Christmas.”
Dozens feared to be missing after landslide at Myanmar jade mine
Jade miners reported to be missing after deadly landslide in Hpakant, the center of Myanmar's secretive jade industry.
Myanmar soldiers accused of killing 11 after charred remains found
Video footage purporting to show the burned bodies was circulated on social media and images were published by some media, including the Myanmar Now news portal.
Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar violence
A US class-action complaint argues that the company's failures to police content and its platform's design contributed to violence against the Rohingya community.
UN postpones decision on Taliban, Myanmar junta recognition
The credentials committee is unlikely to again consider the rival claims to represent Afghanistan and Myanmar until late 2022.
World condemns Myanmar for conviction of ousted leader Suu Kyi
The United States, EU, UN, the UK and Japan all condemned Myanmar for sentencing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years in detention.
Taliban, Myanmar junta unlikely to be let into UN for now - diplomats
The committee will likely defer its decisions on the representation of Afghanistan and Myanmar on the understanding that the current ambassadors for both countries remain in the seats.
Freed journalist Danny Fenster celebrates personal Hanukkah miracle
Fenster, the journalist freed from Myanmar on November 15, will be honored in his native Detroit’s Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony on Sunday.
How a determined Jewish community brought home journalist Danny Fenster
Danny Fenster, a 37-year-old Jewish journalist from Huntington Woods, had been held since May 24 in a Myanmar prison by the country’s military junta.
Myanmar frees US Jewish journalist after negotiations with ex-US diplomat
Fenster was among dozens of media workers detained in Myanmar since the February 1 coup.
