BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-backed party emerged the winner of an election, final official figures showed Wednesday, as the country’s army chief signed a law authorizing a new consultative body that ...
Yangon—Myanmar and Russia have signed a five-year military cooperation pact, Moscow said Tuesday, sealing an alliance analysts say has been crucial to the junta’s grip on power. Myanmar’s military ...
In January, Myanmar junta Foreign Minister Than Swe made a landmark four-day official visit to Pakistan. The trip marked the first high-level ministerial engagement between Myanmar and Islamabad in ...
CEBU, Philippines (AP) — A peace plan agreed on by Southeast Asian leaders five years ago has failed to end Myanmar’s civil war but it could still serve as a basis for working with the new government ...
ASEAN diplomats gather for the extended informal consultation on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus led by Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro in Cebu City on January 28, 2026.
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Myanmar police hand over five telecom and internet fraud suspects to Chinese ...
Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at their annual retreat in Cebu, Philippines, Jan. 28, 2026. Credit: Facebook/ASEAN 2026 PH Southeast Asia’s top diplomats met ...
But the shows, which combine dance, drama and music, are also part of an effort by Myanmar’s military rulers to project a veneer of legitimacy. U Chit Myo Htike, known by his stage name Phoe Chit, ...
On September 15, 2025, the location transmitter of an Iranian oil tanker called Reef pinged near Iraq’s offshore Basrah Oil Terminal. Reef was actually several hundred kilometers away at the Iranian ...
‘FABRICATED VOTE.’ People check a voter list outside of a polling station during the third and final phase of Myanmar’s general election, at a polling station in Yangon on Sunday. The dominant ...
Junta-backed USDP secured majority in first two rounds ASEAN set not to endorse election, junta chief says only people's vote matters No signs of military intent to back away from politics Jan 25 ...