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... 

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...