The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

In Sagaing, the epicentre of the quake, the stench is becoming unbearable as a country wracked by civil war bears the burden of burying thousands killed in Friday’s disaster

Myanmar will hold a minute of silence on Tuesday in tribute to victims of a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people, buckling roads and flattening buildings as far away as Bangkok.

The baby was born in the aftermath of Myanmar's earthquake and given to the flames of Buddhist funeral rites two days later, too young to have been named.

Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively, we either prepare for future earthquakes or the population eventually pays the price. The earthquakes that struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, collapsing buildings and causing over 2,700 deaths, were a sobering reminder of the risks and the need for preparation.

Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian county’s second-largest city

Aung Kaung Myat was unable to contact his parents for several hours when he first heard the news of the earthquake on Friday.

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000

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US president accused of blowing up country’s ability to respond to disasters by removing funding

The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capital

Myanmar, where an ongoing civil war began in 2021, was already one of the most challenging places in the world for aid organisations to operate in.