Northwest Burma was tense on Monday after sectarian violence engulfed its largest city at the weekend, with Reuters witnessing rival mobs of Muslims and Buddhists torching houses and police firing into the air to disperse crowds.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday held talks with Myanmar President Thein Sein as India suggested the two countries should work out a joint strategy to tackle terrorism and insurgency along t

The visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Burma on Sunday is the latest sign that India now believes it needs to assert its presence in its eastern neighbour.

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel overseas next week for the first time in more than two decades to attend an economic forum in Bangkok, her party said on Thursday.

The former

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon made a landmark visit to a fast-changing Myanmar on Sunday to encourage further reforms and push for a further easing of Western sanctions to help normalise United Nations opera

UN chief Ban Ki-moon held landmark talks with Myanmar's president Monday in a high-profile show of support for changes sweeping through the former pariah state.

During his three-day visit, Ban is exp

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday held talks with President Thein Sein for the first time since her landmark election to parliament earlier this month.

The pair met at his offic

Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials that could propel opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament and convince the

United Nations leader Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he planned to visit Myanmar 'as soon as possible', after talks with President Thein Sein where he urged progress on nascent reforms.

"I am also plan

In a major diplomatic initiative, India on Friday unveiled $500 million for a host of developmental projects for Myanmar and decided to expand security cooperation with the energy-rich Southeast Asian