Counselor of the US Department of State Chollet Derek says the country will continue to slap new sanctions on the Myanmar military and its affiliates.

A nationwide 'silent strike' is staged in Myanmar to mark the first anniversary of army’s seizure of power, in defiance of threats issued by military authorities.

Myanmar's military has rescinded media licenses and detained dozens of journalists since its Feb. 1 coup.

Hundreds of Buddhist monks fled two major towns in Myanmar among thousands recently displaced by intense fighting between the military and rebel groups opposed to last year's coup.

The United Nations (UN) special envoy to Myanmar has called on Southeast Asian nations to support international efforts to engage all sides to the conflict in Myanmar in order to find a peaceful solution to the escalating violence in the country.

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four more years in prison, after a military court convicted her of three criminal charges.

Police said on Sunday that the fire started in a network of camps in Bangladesh's border district of Cox's Bazar. 

The United Nations Security Council condemns the massacre in Myanmar of more than 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers, blamed on junta troops.

Heyzer urged “all parties to... allow humanitarian assistance to be provided to those in need, including those forced to flee the violence.”

A senior UN official says he was “horrified” by reports that at least 35 civilians, including women and children, were killed and their bodies were burned in Myanmar, urging probe into the incident,.