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 ...

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 ...

Myanmar’s military proxy party has claimed a predictable victory in an election widely condemned as a sham, a result likely to hardwire the junta into power indefinitely. For millions of ...

As a pro vice-chancellor at the University of Tasmania, Nicholas Farrelly engages with a wide range of organisations and stakeholders on educational, cultural and political issues, including at the ...

YANGON – A hundreds-strong crowd in Myanmar rallied on Jan 27 against the country’s prosecution for genocide, a rare public protest permitted by military authorities accused of the atrocities against ...

China has executed 11 members of the notorious Ming family criminal gang, who ran mafia-like scam centers in Myanmar and killed workers who tried to escape, Chinese state media reported on Thursday.

MANILA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Current ASEAN chair the Philippines said it looked forward to further talks with opponents of Myanmar's ruling junta, and expected to engage more groups while staying open ...

Voters line up to cast ballots at a polling station during the final round of general election in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday. AUNG SHINE OO/AP Myanmar held the third and final round of its ...

China has executed 11 members of a notorious mafia family that ran scam centres in Myanmar along its north-eastern border, state media report. The Ming family members were sentenced in September for ...

Image — A ballot paper is read out by a member of Myanmar's Union Election Commission at a polling station in downtown Yangon on 28 December 2025. Photo by Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images. Five ...

After arresting political opponents, banning the most popular party and using violence to crush dissent, the military’s proxy is on course to win by a landslide The polls have closed in Myanmar, but ...