After decades of a gradual, deliberate ascent through the Myanmar military, Min Aung Hlaing was appointed joint chief of staff of the army, navy, and air force, the military’s third-highest position, ...

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief acknowledged on Wednesday that the military-backed administration will be unable to conduct an upcoming general election across the entire country, as a civil ...

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Weeks of nationwide Gen Z protests in Madagascar sparked by power and water shortages escalated and led to a military coup that forced President Andry Rajoelina into exile. Army officer Col. Michael ...

ONE Championship returns to the Thai capital for ONE Friday Fights 129, featuring 12 electrifying battles and nearly two dozen athletes competing for a US$100,000 contract. Thai Fight Champion ...

KUALA LUMPUR - The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar’s upcoming election in late December, its top human rights official Kajsa Ollongren said on Oct 17, dismissing the vote as neither ...

KUALA LUMPUR - The European Union's Special Representative for Human Rights Kajsa Ollongren said on Thursday that the grouping had no plans to send observers to an election in military-ruled Myanmar, ...

Sitting inside an open-air shack along Thailand's porous border with Myanmar, Koko Chit couldn't believe that he was still alive. Desperate for money, he had left his wife and three children in July ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin will not be attending the 47th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur next week, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim confirmed last night. He said deputy prime minister Alexander Novak ...

Nearly two dozen world leaders are descending in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur for a three-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from Sunday to Tuesday, and multiple ...

Tun Min Aung continued throwing high kicks and aggressive flurries, but Tengnueng matched him blow for blow with the composure of a seasoned warrior. After three high-paced rounds, the judges awarded ...