A free exhibition at the historic YWCA in Botahtaung Township shines a light on centuries of Burmese adventures by Italians.

Much of the world has paid scant attention to Myanmar since the coup. Western countries, which did the most to encourage ...

President Donald Trump issued a new proclamation Wednesday evening affecting travelers from 20 different countries.

What is taking place inside Myanmar is a humanitarian disaster, but it matters for another, more abstract reason, too.

Burmese resistance forces captured five army bases as clashes continued near the Thai border. Footage shows Karen National ...

Maps have divided transnational ethnic groups Nagas, Zos, Bhutias, Bengalis and Nepalis, among others, but the Naga or the Zo ...

Thailand scrambled two F-16 jets on May 28 after a Myanmar Yak-130 dropped bombs near the border, causing 377 to flee into ...

As part of our 'Stories That Shaped Us' series, to mark the 35th anniversary of the 1990 election, The Irrawaddy revisits a ...

World War II ended 80 years ago and Edward J. Behling is among those still around who can give an account from a soldier’s ...

Legal battle over deportation of immigrants with serious crimes to South Sudan continues as judge considers if their removal violates court orders.

The country, formerly known as Burma, has been run by a military junta since a 2021 coup that deposed the democratically elected ruling party. Thousands of people in Myanmar may need urgent ...

The country, formerly known as Burma ... is disrupted. Myanmar has declared a state of emergency in six regions and made a rare plea for international aid. The map below shows how intense the ...