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Min Aung Hlaing is attending Russia’s World War II commemorations in an apparent move to strengthen his armed forces.
Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a grand military parade in Moscow’s Red Square. The Myanmar military also took part ...
Min Aung Hlaing’s Moscow trip underscores Myanmar’s growing military and economic alignment with Russia as the junta seeks allies amid international isolation.
A child is among four civilians killed as regime forces conduct an offensive aiming to recapture northern Shan State’s Nawnghkio Township from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army.
Villages at the epicenter of the March 28 earthquake say they need help moving collapsed buildings and restoring water and electricity supplies.
Eastern Madaya Township is home to the China-backed Alpha Cement factory and a gold mine operated by former junta-appointed Mandalay Region Chief Minister Maung Ko. The regime ceded eastern Madaya to ...
While his troops continue bombing back home, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing is in Moscow for Russia’s 80th Victory Day military ...
Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV — and making history as the first American to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
The world must demand urgent medical care and accountability to stop the needless deaths of political prisoners in Myanmar’s prisons.
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While going out of its way to help the junta get its nerve center back up and running, China also continues to lean on the ethnic resistance to give back territory to the regime.
The Kachin Independence Army has been fighting in Kachin State’s second city for five months and is now facing regime counterattacks.