A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet's editor says
August 28, 2024
A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years ...Nicaragua is quitting a UN agency over a press freedom award. Here's a look at the issue
May 4, 2025
The United Nations agency that promotes education, science and culture and also works for the preservation of outstanding cultural and natural heritage around the ...Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar's civil war
July 5, 2024
New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar , bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as ...Myanmar’s military government extends its mandate to rule another 6 months
January 31, 2025
Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held ...After family feud, Myanmar court orders auction of home where Suu Kyi spent 15 years' house arrest
January 25, 2024
A court in military-controlled Myanmar on Thursday ordered the family home of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, where she spent 15 years under ...The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024
December 3, 2024
It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter ’s time in the White House ...Resistance forces push military regime close to brink in Myanmar
October 28, 2024
Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regimes military with rapid ...Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San
July 19, 2024
Myanmar’s military government held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city Friday to mark the anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen ...Strategically important Myanmar military HQ appears to fall to the resistance, in a blow to regime
August 5, 2024
Myanmars military regime acknowledged Monday it had lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast, adding credence to ...Q&A: Kevin Costner on unveiling his Western saga 'Horizon' at Cannes
May 19, 2024
A month before Kevin Costner puts the first installment of his multi-chapter Western “Horizon: An American Saga” into theaters, the actor-director came to the ...Supporters of Myanmar's jailed leader Suu Kyi mark her 79th birthday with a flower-themed protest
June 19, 2024
Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday on Wednesday, some taking to ...No bidders in court-ordered auction of house where Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi was detained for years
March 20, 2024
No bidders appeared at a court-ordered auction Wednesday of the family home of Myanmars imprisoned former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi , where she ...Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist on the steamy love triangle of 'Challengers'
April 23, 2024
How sexy can a qualifying tennis tournament in New Rochelle, New York, be? When the on-court drama involves Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, ...For the first time, Myanmar forces flee into Bangladesh during fighting with an ethnic armed group
February 5, 2024
More than 100 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in Bangladesh to escape fighting between Myanmar security ...Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription into an army they despise
February 24, 2024
Thwel, a 25-year-old schoolteacher, saw very few options left to her after Myanmar’s military announced it is implementing conscription to fill its ranks. “As ...American researcher has been rescued from deep Turkish cave more than a week after he fell ill
September 10, 2023
Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave early Tuesday, more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters (more ...St. Johns County school district holds school rezoning meetings for new K-8s
September 6, 2023
It’s a math puzzle facing the St. Johns County school district: how can leaders rearrange school zones to accommodate even more students? During Tuesday ...