The year 2026 began with the arrest of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, prompting mixed global reactions. This perhaps forewarned us that this year newsrooms will be busy covering ...

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

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

China has openly stated that the ongoing junta-organized election—which critics dismiss as a sham designed to entrench military rule—is being held as the result of an agreement between Chinese ...

Chef Arnold Myint's cookbook shifted focus to honor his late mother's legacy after her passing. The book, "Family Thai," documents the story of his family's Nashville restaurant, International Market.

Smiling before the cameras as they cast their ballots on Sunday, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and his generals launched a tightly controlled election that Myanmar and much of the world has dismissed as ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war ...

Final results won't be known until after two more rounds of voting are completed later in January. It's widely expected that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who has governed Myanmar since an army ...

The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from Sunday's military-run poll, with older voters dominating the turnout. Legions ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Officials from Myanmar’s Union Election Commission prepped polling stations on Saturday for the following day’s election. In these images from photographer Thein Zaw at one ...