2025 Myanmar earthquake

The Malaysian leader says that he will push for an extension of the junta's ceasefire in order to facilitate earthquake recovery efforts.

The U.S. government increases disaster aid but cancels a "diversity" scholarship.

Even if moral or humanitarian factors do not bother Trump’s administration, geopolitical strategic consequences should.

Myanmar’s people confront a sense that the country’s crises are escalating in scale, even as foreign support becomes more difficult to secure.

The biggest obstacle to the election will not be damage from the disaster but rather the fraught political position that prevails in much of the country.

Aid workers have warned that there is an increased risk of disease outbreaks at the outdoor camps housing quake survivors.

An overview of conflict, from protests to military and militant violence, in the Asia-Pacific in March 2025.

The grouping has emphasized disaster response in its activities, yet its response to Myanmar’s catastrophic earthquake is sorely lacking.

The Trump administration's foreign aid cuts have crippled U.S. efforts to support earthquake relief efforts. But that's not the only damage they will do.

The junta's muddled and repressive response to the devastating March 28 earthquake show where its priorities really lie.

The ceasefire, which will run until April 22, follows similar announcements from major ethnic rebel groups.

Could the devastation of the March 28 quake help catalyze a political solution to the country’s civil war?