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Thousands seek to leave Myanmar after military service diktat: What's happening
The embassy said it was issuing 400 numbered tickets a day in order to manage the queue.

Myanmar Airways International launches Chennai-Yangon direct flights
Myanmar Airways International launches Chennai-Yangon direct flights to mutually benefit and improve trade, health, leisure, tourism sectors of both countries.

Top military-appointed election official shot dead in Myanmar
Myanmar Junta: Sai Kyaw Thu, deputy director-general of the military-appointed Union Election Commission, was shot multiple times on Saturday

Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail
Fenster, the managing editor of the online magazine Frontier Myanmar, was also found guilty of contacting illegal organizations and violating visa regulations, lawyer Than Zaw Aung said.

Myanmar protesters don't relent in face of deadly crackdown
The verified death toll among protesters since the February 1 coup ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi has now exceeded 200, according to a tally compiled by the independent Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
