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 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as ...

Myanmar's pro-military lawmakers elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as president on Friday, with the ex-armed forces commander set to maintain his rule in a civilian guise after snatching power by ...

BANGKOK – Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as the ...

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – Myanmar’s junta signaled changes in the military’s leadership ahead of the country’s annual show of force on Friday, potentially clearing the way for defence chief Min Aung Hlaing ...

Myanmar’s military government is stepping up fuel rationing by implementing a system of barcodes and QR codes to determine how much customers can buy as the Middle East war accelerates fears of ...

Myanmar's parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a 2021 military coup, AFP journalists saw, packed with pro-junta lawmakers elected in a poll choreographed by the top brass. The ...

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Myanmar’s military government will impose limits on private vehicles starting Saturday to conserve fuel as disruptions to Middle East shipping routes threaten the country’s energy supplies. Private ...

Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow (right) meets with Than Swe, the foreign minister of Myanmar’s military regime, in Phuket, Thailand, Feb. 18, 2026. Credit: Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

On February 13, Myanmar’s military junta ordered the head of Timor-Leste’s Embassy in Yangon to leave the country within seven days. The expulsion comes after Timorese authorities opened legal ...