UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Delivery of aid and recovery assistance to Myanmar three months after a devastating cyclone struck remains a challenge, the United Nations said Tuesday.
YANGON, Myanmar, July 25 (UPI) -- U.N. officials say the Myanmar government is using its foreign exchange regulations to take a cut of the aid being sent for Cyclone Nargis victims.
YANGON, Myanmar, June 7 (UPI) -- A comedian who organized emergency supplies for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar has been arrested, activists say.
BANGKOK, May 24 (UPI) -- The United Nations will operate its ongoing efforts to help the victims of the destructive cyclone in Myanmar through Bangkok, the U.N.'s leader said.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 14 (UPI) -- Barely 12 days after Cyclone Nargis laid waste vast regions of Myanmar, the poor Asian country faced the threat of another storm churning in the Bay of Bengal.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 13 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says slow response to Myanmar's cyclone crisis could set off far worse outbreak of infections among victims.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 11 (UPI) -- A Red Cross boat carrying emergency aid supplies for the survivors of the Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar sank Sunday after hitting debris, officials said.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 10 (UPI) -- Even as the country lay devastated from a cyclone, Myanmar's military government went ahead Saturday with a referendum on a new national constitution.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 5 (UPI) -- The death toll from the cyclone that slashed through Myanmar has soared to more than 15,000 people, official sources said late Monday.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 3 (UPI) -- The largest city in the Asian country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been devastated by a major cyclone, eyewitnesses say.
