The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar's ongoing ...

Polling stations opened at 6am local time in 100 townships across the country, including in many areas that have seen clashes ...

It has vast mangrove forests, hills covered in tea plantations and record-breaking beaches, but for most tourists, Bangladesh is still a blank space on the map.

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 ...

Amid a ruinous civil war, the military government is holding elections that are widely seen as a sham, as the main opposition remains barred or jailed. By Richard C. Paddock Myanmar’s military ...

Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected ...

The state-run Myanmar Radio and Television service reported on Sunday that Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military government, officially pardoned 6,134 prisoners, as well as at least 52 ...

Supporters of Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) attend a political rally at party’s headquarters in Naypyidaw’s Zeyathiri township, Dec. 21, 2025. Credit: ...

Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences to mark the 78th anniversary of the country's independence from Britain BANGKOK ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting. Kay Nietfeld/dpa Myanmar's military ...

SINGAPORE—The military junta whose 2021 coup plunged Myanmar into civil war controls less than half of the country. Resistance groups have bombed polling stations to stop people from voting. The party ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Myanmar will hold a third phase of voting for its general election on January 25, according to an announcement on state media on Friday, outlining a poll plan that comes amid a ...