Just four months ago, Timor-Leste formally became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN). This week, the tiny country took an unprecedented step: its judicial authorities ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-backed party emerged the winner of an election, final official figures showed Wednesday, as the country’s army chief signed a law authorizing a new consultative body that ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kim Aris, the son of Aung San Suu Kyi, delivers a speech during a protest rally organized by Myanmar people residing in Japan ...

ICJ hears first full genocide case in over a decade Myanmar denies genocide, says offensive was counter-terrorism campaign Rohingya victims seek justice THE HAGUE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Gambia on Monday ...

It is a contest that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), essentially the military party, is guaranteed to win. A USDP victory is likely to make Senior General Min Aung ...

Myanmar's military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is leading after the first phase of a contentious general election, early results cited by state media showed, in the first vote since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People line up to vote at a polling station during the first phase of Myanmar's general election in Yangon on December 28, 2025. - ...

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 ...

Voters in military-controlled areas of Myanmar headed to the polls Sunday in a phased election largely considered a sham and expected to favor the junta-aligned Union Solidarity and Development Party.

CHIANG RAI, Thailand — Myanmar's military rulers are holding a staggered general election beginning Dec. 28 and ending in late January. Their hope is that it will return some stability to the country ...

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 ...