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          Myanmar

          Latest news from the South-East Asian country

          Some 20,708 people from the UAE were treated at the Bangkok Hospital last year. Courtesy Bangkok Hospital

          The Thai hospital that attracts thousands from the UAE every year

          HealthSeptember 15, 2018
          Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during the ASEAN World Economic Forum in Hanoi. EPA

          Suu Kyi defends Myanmar's jailing of Reuters journalists

          AsiaSeptember 13, 2018
          Syrian children riding in the back of a truc as families flee north from the countryside of of Hama and Idlib provinces. Muhammad Haj Kadour / AFP

          Any idea of an international order now seems like little more than a delusion

          CommentSeptember 12, 2018
          Sri Lanka's Hambantota port has been given to China on a 99-year lease. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi / AFP

          China's Belt and Road mega-projects were never meant to be exercises in altruism

          CommentSeptember 11, 2018
          China’s push to use more natural gas is driving global demand growth. Reuters

          China's growing appetite for gas good for producers but new challenges arise

          EnergySeptember 09, 2018
          A tribesman loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels during a gathering aimed at mobilising more fighters. Hani Mohammed / AP

          Could peace talks fashion a better future for Yemen?

          FeedbackSeptember 05, 2018
          Pan Ei Mon, left, and Chit Su Win, the wives of the jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, give a press conference in Yangon. EPA

          Wives of Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar call for their release

          AsiaSeptember 05, 2018
          Myanmarese journalists Wa Lone (C) and Kyaw Soe Oo leaving court in Yangon. EPA

          US vice president calls on Myanmar to free Reuters reporters

          AsiaSeptember 05, 2018
          Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet is the new UN rights chief and a torture survivor. Reuters

          New UN human rights chief is torture survivor herself

          The AmericasSeptember 04, 2018
          A Myanmar newspaper displays the story about the sentences received by Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, on its front page in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters

          Myanmar civil society groups condemn Reuters convictions

          WorldSeptember 04, 2018
          Detained Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo leave Insein court after listening to the verdict in Yangon. Reuters

          The report that led to two Reuters journalists being jailed in Myanmar

          AsiaSeptember 03, 2018
          Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo departs Insein court after being jailed for seven years on September 3, 2018. Reuters

          Myanmar jails journalists who reported on Rohingya killings

          AsiaSeptember 03, 2018
          An internally displaced man and his children stand on a field at a temporary shelter in Danai, Kachin state Myanmar, on May 12, 2018. AFP

          Myanmar's weaponisation of aid against minorities

          AsiaAugust 30, 2018
          A flooded area after a dam breach is seen near Swar township in Myanmar. Reuters

          Myanmar dam breach floods 85 villages and drives thousands from homes

          AsiaAugust 30, 2018
          Julia Flores Colque, who is 117 years old and never had children, plays with Chiquita, one of the family pet dogs, at her home in Bolivia. Juan Karita / AP

          The jury is still out on whether pets make us sick

          FeedbackAugust 29, 2018
          In her very different role as a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency, Blanchett told a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday that she heard "gut-wrenching accounts" AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

          Cate Blanchett: Nothing prepared me for Rohingya suffering

          August 29, 2018
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