Rainbow flags flew high and gay anthems blasted out over Yangon’s river as a flotilla of boats took to the water of Myanmar’s biggest city on Saturday for the country’s first-ever Pride boat parade in a sign of growing acceptance for LGBT rights.

Myanmar’s first LGBT pride boat parade sets sail

Major fighting in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state has so far been avoided, a top UN humanitarian official there said following some clashes between armed rebels and national security forces who are increasing the number of troops there.

UN appeals to Myanmar for peaceful solution amid troop build-up in Rakhine state 

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the final hearing in the extradition of Rohingyas to January 2019. The apex court was hearing the petition filed by two Rohingya immigrants, Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir, who claim that the Rohingyas have taken refuge in India after escaping from Myanmar due to widespread discrimination, violence and bloodshed against the community there.

Supreme Court adjourns Rohingya case for final extradition till January 2019

Asked what Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has changed since becoming Myanmar's leader two years ago, most residents of Kachin state in the far north say the roads: new tarmac smoothes the path for cars, motorbikes and campaign trucks ahead of a by-election set for Saturday.

Suu Kyi's government on test as Myanmar readies for by-elections

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Myanmar’s first LGBT pride boat parade sets sail

UN appeals to Myanmar for peaceful solution amid troop build-up in Rakhine state

Supreme Court adjourns Rohingya case for final extradition till January 2019

Suu Kyi's government on test as Myanmar readies for by-elections