Myanmar army battles anti-coup rebels

Updated May 15 2021 - 9:34pm, first published 9:29pm
Anti-coup demonstrators have marched in Yangon and elsewhere against the country's military junta.
Anti-coup demonstrators have marched in Yangon and elsewhere against the country's military junta.

Myanmar's army has battled local militia fighters in the northwestern town of Mindat, residents say, to try to quell a rebellion opposing the junta which seized power in the Southeast Asian country in February.

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