The birthday of the Buddha is a holy occasion for all his followers, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the ...

His emphasis on 'building bridges' through dialogue in his first words as pope gives a message of peace to our troubled world ...

Some government workers stay in makeshift camps, others sleep in their offices six weeks after the earthquake wrecked the ...

Myanmar's shadow government said an airstrike by the ruling junta had killed at least 17 students and injured 20 others at a ...

Myanmar authorities have seized 3 million stimulant tablets in southern Myanmar's Bago region, the state-owned daily The ...

Bus crash in Sri Lanka kills at least 21, injures 35; Pope Leo XIV leads prayer in St. Peter’s Square; Crash in Hacienda Heights kills 1, injures dozens; Yangon, Myanmar, marks Buddha’s birth with ...

Buddhist monks and devotees walk during a religious ceremony to mark the Full Moon day of "Kasone," known as Buddha's ...

Burmese students at De Anza College shared their immediate reactions, the personal impact it had on their lives and the ongoing fundraising efforts made by the Burmese Student Association and similar ...

YANGON -- The 13th batch of emergency humanitarian assistance dispatched by the Chinese government was handed over to Myanmar on Saturday in Yangon. The aid supplies included 1,576 prefabricated ...

Cardinal Maung Bo, the archbishop of Yangon, in Myanmar, told ABC News he hopes Pope Leo XIV will be able to "build a bridge" with President Donald Trump. Both days will attract large crowds and ...

A memorial will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 26, at the Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon's Rock.

The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the ...