Catholics in Myanmar prayed for peace and for those who lost their lives in conflicts as people across the Buddhist-majority nation marked Thadingyut, the festival of lights. Buddhists celebrated the ...

Buddhists in Southeast Asia are marking one of the holiest days in their calendar; the day on which the Lord Buddha was born. It is also the day he gained enlightenment and died. In Myanmar, many ...

The massive protests against Myanmar's military rulers have included thousands of Buddhist monks facing military troops and riot police armed with guns, clubs, and tear gas. Security forces raided ...

A devotee knelt and gently touched his head on the dome of the Boudhanath Stupa, an iconic Buddhist monument in Kathmandu, as a mark of reverence on Thursday, which marks the birth of Buddha. The ...

Demonstrators flash the three-finger salute during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, April 27, 2021, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Cardinal Charles Bo ...

Hard-line Buddhist monks and groups of nationalists closed down Ramadan prayer sites on the outskirts of Yangon in Myanmar. Some 100 monks led their nationalist supporters into three Muslim quarters ...