A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, causing widespread devastation. Myanmar, ...

After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mohamed Riyas, acting country director for Myanmar at the International Rescue Committee, ...

Already suffering the brutal toll of four years of civil war, one of the world’s poorest ... critical stretches of its roads impassable. Hospitals are overwhelmed and running short on medical ...

The earthquake has killed more than 1,700 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 ...

Israel’s military on Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering Rafah and nearby areas, indicating it could soon ...

Israel’s military on Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering Rafah and nearby areas, indicating it could soon ...

The Israeli military indicated on Monday it could soon launch another major offensive in Rafah and ordered most of the ...

A rescue team in Mandalay, the city closest to the earthquake's epicentre, tells the BBC they "are digging people out with ...

Myanmar's military junta said at least 1,644 people have died in the powerful quake that rocked the country Friday. Rescuers ...

Myanmar was rocked by two strong back-to-back earthquakes on Friday. Tremors of the quake were also felt in the neighbouring ...

Israel says it is targeting Hamas infrastructure, senior officials in renewed fighting; Red Crescent: bodies of 15 health workers recovered after Israeli strike last week ...