WASHINGTON, March 1 — The United States is preparing new measures against Myanmar in connection with the reported violence during the recent protests, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

REUTERS, Feb 10 — Protesters returned to the streets of Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday after the most violent day yet in demonstrations against a coup that halted a tentative transition to democracy under elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

JAKARTA, Feb 6 — The Indonesia president and Malaysian Prime Minister on Friday said they were seeking a special meeting of Southeast Asian nations to discuss the situation in Myanmar, where an elected government was overthrown in a coup this week.

YANGON, Feb 6 — The lawyer for Myanmar's elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ousted President Win Myint said they were being held in their homes after being detained on Monday when the army seized power and that he was unable to meet them.

MOSCOW, Feb 4 — Facebook said on Thursday that its services had been limited in Myanmar following the military takeover in the southeastern Asian nation, reported Sputnik news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — There are over 600 Malaysians currently registered with the Embassy of Malaysia in Yangon, Myanmar, where most of them comprise businessmen and professionals working with various companies, and quite a number of them are with their families, said Malaysia's embassy in Myanmar.

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 — The coup in Myanmar is expected to dampen the interest of US and Western companies in investing in Myanmar, and may prompt some big US companies to pull out, trade experts and analysts said on Monday.

REUTERS, Feb 2 — After an election last November, Myanmar's army chief had faced imminent retirement, as well as the sidelining of the army's favoured political party and foreign calls for him to be tried for war crimes against Rohingya Muslims.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 1 — Malaysia views with serious concern the developments in Myanmar where a military coup was reported early Monday, with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other senior officials detained in the capital city of Naypyidaw.