DHAKA, Feb 24 — The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop called for an early political settlement in Myanmar that would lead to the return of the Rohingya to their home country, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

LANGKAWI, Jan 19 — Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar’s military government today that its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging the junta to start dialogue and end hostilities immediately.

YAYLADAGI, Dec 10 — Ala Jabeer cried as he prepared to cross from Turkiye into Syria with his 10-year-old daughter on Tuesday, thirteen years after the war forced him to flee his home.

BANGKOK, Sept 6 — Myanmar's military long viewed the insurgency among persecuted Rohingya Muslims as an existential threat to the majority Buddhist nation, but as the Arakan Army rebel group makes sweeping gains, the junta and some Rohingya fighters now face a common foe.

BANGKOK, April 27 — Thailand has called for regional bloc Asean to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar after weeks of fighting near its border that halted trade and led to a brief influx of refugees.

BANGKOK, April 21 — Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has expressed concern over the latest round of armed clashes in Myanmar’s Myawaddy, which is located along the Thai-Myanmar border.

BANGKOK, Dec 12 — Myanmar has become the world's largest source of opium, thanks to domestic instability and a decline in cultivation in Afghanistan, the United Nations (UN) said in a report today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — The Foreign Ministry is actively making necessary preparations to evacuate Malaysian citizens stranded in Laukkaing, Myanmar, following the outbreak of civil war on October 27.

BANGKOK, Nov 11 — A rebel alliance has overrun parts of northern Myanmar, including areas bordering China, with resistance to the military junta notching its most significant win since the 2021 coup, according to a rebel commander, diplomats, and analysts.

KHARTOUM, May 9 — Armed clashes still raged in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Monday as negotiations between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have so far yielded no major progress.

KHARTOUM, May 1 — The Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday announced their commitments to a new 72-hour humanitarian truce, effective as of midnight Sunday (April 30).

KHARTOUM/CAIRO, April 19 — Residents in an affluent district of Khartoum feared there would be trouble when they found their new neighbour was a commander from a paramilitary force that protesters blamed for cracking down on them in the past.