The UN's Myanmar expert on Wednesday criticised the US decision to lift sanctions imposed on the ruling general's allies and their military-linked firms, branding it "unconscionable".

The withdrawal of sanctions against individuals and companies that have provided weapons, military supplies and other material support to the Myanmar military is a shocking turn in U.S. policy that ...

Thousands demonstrated in Burkina Faso on Wednesday demanding "truth and justice" over the death of a pro-junta influencer in Ivory Coast while in detention on spying accusations.

Anyone who commits an offence under the new law could face five to 10 years in prison, or even the death penalty.

Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, on Wednesday called the decision “shocking”. The US quietly removed sanctions on five individuals and companies allegedly tied to the ...

Myanmar and India have formalized their partnership on the pilot phase of Myanmar’s Digital Identity Programme with a ...

Russia wishes to mine uranium in Niger, a top source of the radioactive metal ruled by a military junta friendly to the ...

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says the regime has breached the terms of the April truce agreed in China.

New electoral law carries harsh punishments for anyone seeking to interfere in the regime’s stage-managed December poll.

At least six people, including a child, were killed and seven injured in a military airstrike on Kutkai township in Shan state of northern Myanmar, says the rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army ...

Predominantly Christian Hpakant is a key battleground because of its economic and strategic importance, observers say ...

Y ANGON: Myanmar’s junta said today it has enacted a new law dictating prison sentences for critics or protesters of their ...