BANGKOK — A local resistance group fighting against Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the country’s eastern ...

People in Myanmar and abroad are mourning the death of a prominent Buddhist monk who was hailed as a courageous voice against intolerance and military dictatorship and who promoted interfaith harmony.

(Reuters) -A Myanmar military airstrike on a school last week killed at least 19 students, an ethnic militia said, as the war-torn nation's ruling junta steps up a campaign to retake territory ahead ...