By Devjyot Ghoshal, Poppy McPherson, Amy Lv and Neha Arora BANGKOK (Reuters) - When armed rebels seized northern Myanmar's rare-earths mining belt in October, they dealt a blow to the country's embattled military junta - and wrested control of a key global resource.

Rescue teams continue to search for survivors as the region deals with the aftermath of this devastating earthquake.

At around 6 am on Saturday, a team of 37 members from the Yunnan emergency medical rescue team departed from Kunming Changshui International Airport in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province for Myanmar. They carried a total of 112 sets of emergency rescue equipment,

The earthquake was also felt in Thailand, with Bangkok reporting at least six deaths, 22 injuries and around 101 others missing.

The earthquake shook buildings in neighboring Thailand and China, and rattled bridges and homes as far away as Vietnam. At least 23 people have died, and the death toll is expected to rise, especially in Myanmar, where the injured are arriving at hospitals in the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay.

President Donald Trump's administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs at the U.S. Agency for International Development and shut the agency, even as Trump promised that the U.

Even before a powerful 7.7-magnitude quake hit Myanmar, more than 3 million people in the country faced displacement.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar today, with buildings collapsing 600 miles away in Bangkok. Follow Newsweek's live blog for the latest updates.