Burma

"My comrades tried to reassure me that it was inevitable for families to do that under pressure," Lin Lin Bo Bo told Reuters. "But I was so heartbroken."

Lewisville has become home to thousands of refugees from Chin state, acting as a safe haven and a hive of activism for those opposed to the military junta again running Myanmar.

Myanmar has seen violence and protests since February, when the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and reversed years of progress toward democratic rule.

The latest move is part of a growing attempt by the junta to block citizens from accessing the internet through social media, mobile phones or news services.

The growing use of force from the military has led to concerns that the country could soon reach a civil war of "an unprecedented scale," Christine Schraner Burgener, the U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, warned.

A recent military coup in the country saw the detention of Nobel Prize-winning leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

More than a dozen police trucks with four water cannons were deployed near Sule Pagoda in the capital, where many of pro-democracy protests have been taking place.

"As part of today's actions, USAID [U.S. Agency for International Development] will redirect $42.4 million of assistance away from work that benefits the Government of Burma," the White House wrote in a statement on Thursday.

"The strong and unified message emerging from the United States has been essential…to encourage other countries to join us in pressing for immediate return to democracy," the president said.

The Mynamar military issued a coup against the country's elected leaders on Monday, prompting health care workers to mobilize widespread protests across the nation.

Nobody in the world who values human rights and the rule of law likes what is going on in the streets of Myanmar's capital city right now.

The incident took place in the Rakhine state, which has been in conflict due to the ongoing civil war between Myanmar's military and Arakan Army rebels.

The ancient creature measures just under half-an-inch in size.

Recent monsoons have threatened the safety of Rohingya refugees, and many live in exposed areas.

A new study shows a soaring number of displaced persons while America closes its doors

We don't know if Facebook is using a program driven by a far-right agenda.

Bangla Desh's Hasina has shown greater compassion than many leaders from richer countries.

It is in our strategic interest to maintain our influence in Southeast Asia where China is becoming the dominant power.

The Rohingya crisis led more thousands march on the Myanmar embassy in Bangladesh on Monday — but there's no end in sight for what a U.N. official has called "ethnic cleansing."

Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to speak on Tuesday for the first time since the crisis.

The two countries are already at loggerheads over the Rohingya refugee crisis.

Over 400,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh after a military crackdown.

Over 120,000 Rohingya people have recently fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh due to ongoing violence.

Ramzan Kadyrov appealed to Putin for help and condemned the persecution of the Rohingya people.

The cause of the crash is unconfirmed but an official said there was "a very big cloud" in the area.

The plane went down with 120 soldiers and family members on-board.

The Rohingya Muslims are one of the most persecuted ethnic groups in the world.

The U.N. suggests that crimes against humanity are likely occurring against the Rohingya in Myanmar.

The U.N. has said security forces have acted with "devastating cruelty" towards the Muslim-minority Rohingya.

China conducted joint air and land drills near its unstable border with Myanmar as Beijing stressed national security.