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In this September 7, 2017, file photo, smoke rises from a burned house in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, where the vast majority of Myanmar's 1.1 million Rohingya lived. (AP Photo, File)
January 12, 2026, 10:28 am
UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya
ICJ may use case to broaden definition of genocide in international law, which could influence dispute between South Africa and Israel over war in Gaza
By AP and ToI Staff
A three-wheeled motorcycle drives past collapsed and damaged buildings in Mandalay, after the March 28 earthquake struck central Myanmar, April 3, 2025. (AFP/ Sai Aung MAIN)
April 3, 2025, 10:23 am
Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 3,000 as more bodies found
The Southeast Asian nation says another 4,715 people have been injured and 341 are missing after last week’s 7.7 magnitude quake
By AP
A beef vendor waits for customers at a local bazaar near a building damaged by the earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo)
April 1, 2025, 1:36 pm
Myanmar earthquake survivors without food and shelter as death toll passes 2,700
Aid groups accuse southeast Asian country’s military junta of impeding access to rebel-held areas; in Thailand, rescuers scour rubble from collapse of unfinished Bangkok skyscraper
By Reuters
Israeli search and rescue experts are seen in Thailand on March 30, 2025, to assist following a major earthquake. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 30, 2025, 11:44 pm
Israeli delegation assists Thailand with search and rescue efforts after major quake
Engineers, doctors, rescue professionals dispatched to Bangkok after 7.7 magnitude earthquake downs skyscraper, rattles buildings in Thai capital
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Heavy construction equipment is used to find people trapped in the rubble at the site of an under-construction building collapse as the sun sets in Bangkok on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. (MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)
March 29, 2025, 7:09 pm
Israel to send search and rescue delegation to Thailand after deadly earthquake
Team of 22 set to depart Saturday night to help build ‘intelligence picture’ for search and rescue efforts
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
People look on as teams of rescue workers attempt to free residents trapped under the rubble of the destroyed Sky Villa Condominium development in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. (Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
March 29, 2025, 9:39 am
Myanmar earthquake death toll jumps to over 1,600 as more bodies recovered from rubble
Toll likely to be far higher in civil war-ravaged country; military junta issues rare appeal for international assistance; death toll at 10 in Bangkok
By David Rising and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI
Rescue teams are seen at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake. (Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
March 28, 2025, 1:34 pm
Massive 7.7 quake topples buildings, kills more than 150 in Myanmar, Thailand
Death toll expected to rise further as ill-equipped Myanmar’s ruling junta makes rare plea for international assistance
By Sebastien BERGER, Hla-Hla HTAY and Damon Wake
The Transamerica Pyramid Center in San Francisco is illuminated in orange in memory of the Bibas family, February 21, 2025. (Foreign Ministry)
February 22, 2025, 11:36 pm
Landmarks, monuments worldwide light up in orange in memory of Bibas family
Argentina’s Obelisco illuminated with photo of murdered family, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer glows orange, and Myanmar’s only synagogue is draped with orange banner
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Takeshi Ebisawa with a rocket launcher. (US District Court for the Southern District of New York)
February 22, 2024, 8:17 am
Feds accuse alleged Japan crime boss of trying to traffic nuclear material to Iran
Takeshi Ebisawa caught in sting operation as he showed weapons-grade plutonium samples from Myanmar to undercover DEA agent as part of plot to purchase weapons for insurgent group
By AP
Suu Kyi reviews an honor guard at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 30, 2019. (Heng Sinith/AP)
April 27, 2022, 12:34 pm
Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to 5 years for corruption
Suu Kyi denies allegation she accepted bribe of gold, hundreds of thousands of dollars from colleague; supporters say unjust prosecution meant to discredit Noble Peace Prize winner
By GRANT PECK
In this December 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
December 6, 2021, 10:09 am
Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 years in jail
Nobel laureate found guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, in cases widely seen as contrived to discredit her and keep her from running in the next election
By GRANT PECK
Danny Fenster, center, hugs his mother Rose Fenster as former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson, right, looks on at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
December 1, 2021, 4:16 pm
A determined US Jewish community helped bring home journalist imprisoned in Myanmar
How a campaign and behind-the-scenes advocacy by Jews worldwide put pressure on the military junta to free 37-year-old Danny Fenster, held since May 24
By Andrew Lapin
Danny Fenster, center, hugs his mother Rose Fenster as former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson, right, looks on at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
November 30, 2021, 6:42 am
Journalist freed by Myanmar helps light menorah in Detroit
Danny Fenster says his work trying to expose military regime in Yangon was ‘bringing light to darkness in journalism’
By AP
Former US Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson, right, poses with journalist Danny Fenster in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, November 15, 2021. (The Richardson Center via AP)
November 15, 2021, 6:53 pm
US Jewish journalist freed from Myanmar prison days after getting 11-year sentence
Danny Fenster was arrested by military junta earlier this year amid crackdown on journalists; at least 126 media officials detained by military since takeover, 47 remain in custody
By GRANT PECK and David Rising
Danny Fenster, right, with his brother Bryan at a friend's wedding in Krakow, Poland, September 2019. It was the last time they saw each other. (Courtesy of Bryan Fenster)
November 12, 2021, 11:20 pm
American Jewish journalist sentenced to 11 years in Myanmar prison
Danny Fenster was arrested by military junta earlier this year; human rights groups call ruling ‘a travesty of justice in a kangaroo court’
By Andrew Lapin
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