Flooding and apartments destroyed in a landslide caused by torrential monsoon in Harkhar, Chin State, Myanmar. Heavy monsoon rains have caused severe flooding across Myanmar, leaving at least 27 people dead. The rainfall in recent weeks has battered about 150,000 houses and fields across vast swathes of Myanmar, leaving residents stranded and waiting for government aid. Government officials on Saturday... 

The Australian prime minister says his government will not accept boats carrying migrants, many of whom are Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims who flee violence in their own country, saying it would worsen the problem and “encourage people to get on boats.” “If we do the slightest thing to encourage people to get on the boats, this problem will get worse, not better,” Tony Abbott said... 

Rohingya Muslims have been trying to flee the sectarian violence in Myanmar and cross into neighboring countries in wooden boats. The UN refugee agency says about 13,000 people, mostly Rohingya Muslims, fled Burma (also known as Myanmar) by boat last year, with hundreds dying during the sea voyage. “We know of at least 485 people who have drowned or are lost at sea,” Vivian Tan, spokeswoman... 

100-million-year-old fossilized spider attack Scientists have discovered a rare fossil of a spider, featuring the animal hunting a wasp during the dinosaur age. The finding as the first fossil ever discovered of a spider attack, was found in the Hukawng Valley of Myanmar and dates back to Early Cretaceous period between 97 to 110 million years ago. Researchers suggest that both the attacking spider...