Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday.

CEBU-Even if the energy crisis looks set to dominate discussions at 2026’s ASEAN Summit, one question, sometimes discussed in hushed tones, looms: whether, or even when, the regional grouping should ...

After five years of war, armed resistance groups still challenge Myanmar's military across much of the country. But the generals are now stemming losses and reclaiming some territory. Since toppling a ...

China has pledged to help Myanmar’s new government to engage more with multilateral platforms and eradicate telecoms scam operations. Capping a five-day trip to Southeast Asia on the weekend, Chinese ...

Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rights Myanmar’s military regime is expanding its ban on the distribution of period products, ...

Thousands of prisoners in Myanmar have been granted amnesty or had their sentences reduced. The pardon order by Min Aung Hlaing is one of his first official acts since the coup leader became president ...

Myanmar’s coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has been sworn in as the country’s new president, five years after he ousted an elected government and triggered a civil war. In his inauguration ...

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Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won ‌a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country’s president, formalizing his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an ...

In Myanmar’s military-controlled capital, Naypyidaw—an isolated city of more than 800,000 where oversize government compounds are separated by almost-empty highways—drivers stand in line for hours ...

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On September 15, 2025, the location transmitter of an Iranian oil tanker called Reef pinged near Iraq’s offshore Basrah Oil Terminal. Reef was actually several hundred kilometers away at the Iranian ...