Myanmar

Myanmar earthquake death toll climbs to over 2,700, local media reports

Another 4,521 people were injured, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing reportedly said.

View image in fullscreen Members of a Chinese search and rescue team transfer a survivor from the collapsed Great Wall Hotel in Mandalay on Monday. Photograph: Cai Yang/AP

Myanmar earthquake: woman trapped for days pulled alive from the rubble

Rescue teams operate at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok following the earthquake. Picture: Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP

Experts predict 10,000+ dead in horror quake

Experts say the devastating earthquake in Myanmar was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with modelling suggesting thousands could be dead.

Horror moment Bangkok high-rise collapses

Dramatic footage shows a building under construction collapsing and tradesmen running for cover after a powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and Thailand.

The situation is about to get even worse as ‘conflicts and violence are expected to worsen in 2024’. Picture: AFP

Nation on the brink: Secret war unfolding

The United Nations has warned that one country is in dire need of humanitarian help, with a third of the population in trouble.

Pictures of Lionel Messi are being taken down at the Nou Camp

Lionel Messi agrees Paris St-Germain deal after Barcelona exit - Guillem Balague

Lionel Messi has agreed a two-year deal to join Paris St-Germain following his shock exit from Barcelona, says BBC Sport columnist Guillem Balague.

Barcelona president spoke about the exit of club icon Lionel Messi. © Twitter @FCBarcelona / Reuters

‘No one is above the club’: Barcelona boss Laporta urges distraught fans ‘to confront reality’ as he explains Messi exit

Barcelona fans must face up to the reality that Lionel Messi will no longer be playing for the Catalan giants, president Joan Laporta has said, asserting that the club “is above everyone and everything.”