The earthquake has killed more than 1,600 people in Myanmar and Thailand while leaving at least 2,300 injured - the death toll is expected to rise further as rescuers continue to search the rubble ...

Myanmar declared a state of emergency. Buildings in Mandalay have toppled; fires have reportedly broken out; hospitals are overwhelmed.

Emergency rescue teams on Sunday began trickling into the area of Myanmar hardest hit by a massive earthquake that killed more than 1,600 people.

The powerful 7.7 magnitude quake struck at around 12.50pm local time (6.20am UK time) near the second-biggest city Mandalay on Friday.

Myanmar is trying to come to terms with the scale of the disaster after the earthquake has damaged not only large parts of the country, but also destroyed historic sites, delivering a blow to its ...

A fresh earthquake has hit Myanmar on Sunday as number of dead could exceed 10,000, as rescue attempts stalled by civil war.

Emergency rescue teams have started trickling into the area of the country hardest hit by Friday’s massive quake ...

Even before a powerful 7.7-magnitude quake hit Myanmar, more than 3 million people in the country faced displacement.

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Aid workers delivered the first shipments of help to Myanmar, but will have to cross a country buckled by the disaster and ...