10 Maday islanders charged following pipeline protest

Muslims from Kyaukphyu town in Myanmar's Rakhine State, who fled due to clashes, are seen at Thechaung shore near Sittwe town on October 28, 2012. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Sunday urged authorities in Myanmar to allow a ministerial ...

Social organizations and local residents living in 17 villages of Kyaukphyu Township in Rakhine State issued a fresh list of demands on Thursday to the Myanmar government and to the backers of a controversial oil and gas pipeline project, China's ...

A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment might have saved Waadulae.

International oil and gas companies have called for transparent in the governance of Myanmar's energy sector as they desire to make investments in the resource-rich country, a local businessman who has insight of the industry said. Globally, there ...

YANGON, May 16 (NNN-Xinhua) -- A total of 69,789 local people in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have been evacuated to safer places as of Wednesday to avoid possible danger of cyclone " Mahasen", official media reported Thursday. The local people ...

Cyclone Mahasen in Bay of Bengal has been given a red emergency rating alert and is expected to hit Bangladesh and Northern Rakhine border areas this afternoon, according to Myanmar's Meteorology and Hydrology Department. The red alert is the ...

SITTWAY, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Cyclone storm "Mahasen" has intensified and will start moving across Bangladeshi and Myanmar coasts Wednesday evening, a Myanmar forecast said on Wednesday. Myanmar's meteorological authorities have issued a red warning ...

Myanmar President U Thein Sein gives a speech during the Coordinating Meeting on cyclonic storm Mahasen in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, May 14, 2013. Preparations against possible severe storm have been urgently underway in Myanmar's western Rakhine ...

YANGON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 58 people out of 100 fleeing from a cyclonic storm went missing as a motor boat capsized off western Myanmar's Rakhine coast Monday night, official sources said Tuesday evening. The Bengali-Muslims on board the ...