The European Union is providing €63 million ($74.85 million) to support the people of Myanmar five years after the military coup in the South-East Asian nation. "With this new funding, humanitarian ...

CEBU, Philippines (AP) — A peace plan agreed on by Southeast Asian leaders five years ago has failed to end Myanmar’s civil war but it could still serve as a basis for working with the new government ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Myanmar police hand over five telecom and internet fraud suspects to Chinese ...

Myanmar’s military-backed political party has extended its lead after the second round of voting, according to official figures from the country’s election body, and the country now heads into the ...

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 ...

Human rights groups and some western countries have denounced the election, the first held since the 2021 coup, describing it as neither free nor fair Myanmar’s military-backed party has completed a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Myanmar's election is being held in three phases due to armed conflictsAung Shine Oo/AP Photo/picture alliance The third and final ...

A polling station in Yangon, Myanmar, on January 25, 2026. SAI AUNG MAIN / AFP Myanmar's dominant pro-military party has won junta-run elections, a party source told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on ...

Dublin, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Myanmar Construction Industry Databook Series - Market Size & Forecast by Value & Volume, 40+ Market Segments Across Residential, Commercial, Industrial, ...

BANGKOK (AP) — China executed 11 people it found guilty of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, authorities said. The Wenzhou city ...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar's ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not endorse the ...