Myanmar's junta leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing has issued new emergency ordinances to impose military control in 60 ...

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won a parliamentary vote on Friday (April 3, 2026) to become the country’s President, formalising his ⁠grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years ...

NAYPYITAW – Myanmar’s junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was elected a vice-president by the Lower House on March 31, Parliament officials said, with the coup leader edging closer to becoming ...

US national Matthew VanDyke has identified himself as a security analyst. The arrest of seven foreign nationals, six Ukrainian nationals and an American, in connection with an alleged conspiracy to ...

Myanmar military ruler General Min Aung Hlaing’s apparent bid to assume the presidency in coming weeks has left its people, rights activists, and even Buddhist monks disillusioned and skeptical about ...

Analysts, rebels see new brand of federalism emerging, our correspondent reports from Thai-Myanmar border town of Mae Sot Military chief Min Aung Hlaing (back C) watches a voter ink their finger as he ...

On February 13, Myanmar’s military junta ordered the head of Timor-Leste’s Embassy in Yangon to leave the country within seven days. The expulsion comes after Timorese authorities opened legal ...

YANGON, Myanmar — The election that is expected to assure the continued grip of Myanmar’s military generals over the isolated Southeast Asian country wasn’t engineered in its fortified capital but in ...

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya will open at the United Nations’ top court on Monday. Subscribe to read this story ...