(Tokyo) – Myanmar’s military junta has committed widespread repression and abuse in every facet of life in the country since seizing power on February 1, 2021, Amnesty International, Fortify Rights, ...

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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar, Malaysia's foreign minister said Tuesday, citing concerns over the lack of ...

The democracy movement in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has for decades found powerful champions in the Republican Party. President George W. Bush introduced, then expanded, wide-ranging ...

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Myanmar's military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is leading after the first phase of a contentious general election, early results cited by state media showed, in the first vote since ...

Voters in Myanmar went to the polls Sunday for the first phase of the country's first general election in five years, conducted under military government supervision while civil war engulfs much of ...

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Elections seen widely as a sham are coming to an end, as the junta fights a ruinous civil war and as the main opposition remains barred or jailed. By Richard C. Paddock Myanmar’s military government ...

Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say. People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in ...

Nearly five years after a military coup in 2021 unseated its civilian government, Myanmar has become extremely fragmented. A civil war flared after the coup, killing thousands and leaving upward of 18 ...

The world has not collapsed, but 2025 made it clear that the global order that once restrained dictators and upheld democratic norms is deteriorating fast. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February ...