BANGKOK — Myanmar ‘s military is making increasing use of commercial paramotors and gyrocopters, low-tech flying machines that expand their capabilities to attack civilians and anti-government forces ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Elections seen widely as a sham are coming to an end, as the junta fights a ruinous civil war and as the main opposition remains barred or jailed. By Richard C. Paddock Myanmar’s military government ...

The world has not collapsed, but 2025 made it clear that the global order that once restrained dictators and upheld democratic norms is deteriorating fast. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Major Gen. Zaw Min Tun, leader of the military ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Myanmar's economy is showing some signs of improvement and its GDP growth is estimated to rebound to 3% in the next fiscal year despite the challenges of continuing conflict and the ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of illicit drugs, according to a ...

Nov. 25 (UPI) --The United States announced it was ending deportation protection for people fleeing from the civil war in Myanmar, the latest nation to have Temporary Protected Status terminated amid ...

Noem eliminated Myanmar (formerly Burma) from the list of protected countries, which will take effect January 26, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced. Noem eliminated protections for ...