A Myanmar rebel group said on Friday its members beheaded two prisoners in a rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling junta to maintain control of the country's western borderlands.

By Larissa Liao, Kevin Krolicki and Poppy McPherson BEIJING/BANGKOK (Reuters) -The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar in the early hours of Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred at 12:53 am (IST) at a depth of 106 kilometres.

YANGON: The Chinese embassy in Myanmar on Thursday (Jan 23) hosted Spring Festival celebrations in Yangon.

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast.

The National Unity Government must be honest with the public about what the recent arrest warrant application does – and does not – entail.

The Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) signed a formal agreement for a ceasefire that began on Saturday, China's foreign ministry said, halting fighting near the border of both countries.

Russia’s ambassador traveled to Dawei, Tanintharyi Region to discuss a stalled port and Special Economic Zone project, and also inquired about the tourism industry there.

Volunteers have been joining the effort to keep emergency medical operations going for civilians and wounded fighters in eastern Kayah State.

Hyderabad: A moderate earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck Myanmar, with tremors being felt across various parts of Assam. The earthquake’s epicentre was located at latitude 24.68° N and longitude 94.87° E, inside Myanmar, about 9 miles east-southeast of Homalin.

The Myanmar Armed Forces' Directorate of Drone Warfare has begun deploying a new, indigenously manufactured one-way unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) across

The agreement between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army came after months of Chinese pressure to return to political dialogue.