BANGKOK, Thailand, Sept 27: Myanmar's military escalated its use of mass killings, air and artillery strikes in the past year as it struggles to crush resistance to its coup, the UN's rights office said on Tuesday.

BANGKOK, April 10: Myanmar security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon on Friday, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and a domestic news outlet said.

KYOTO, July 22:  Japanese officials groped on Monday for answers to why a blaze tore through an animation company, amid reports that smoke spread so fast a majority of victims who tried to flee through a rooftop door could not open it in time to escape.