Fighting with the Arakan Army is encircling the Rakhine State capital as the regime stops residents from leaving.

More than a dozen civilians were killed, including two children living in a village Pauktaw Township east of the Rakhine ...

The incident has led to renewed calls for local civilians in the war-torn state to avoid tampering with unexploded ordnance ...

The shelling has been heard near Sittwe’s borders with Pauktaw, Ponnagyun, and Rathedaung townships. A source told The Irrawaddy that the AA and its allies have begun operations to seize Sittwe. At ...

Although there were no current clashes in surrounding areas, the junta twice bombed Shin Ywar village in Rakhine State’s Pauktaw Township in the evening of Sept. 8 last year. The airstrike killed 10 ...

The leader of a Myanmar-based militant group was among five people who were arrested by the Mizoram Police in what they said was one of the largest arms bust in the northeast state.