US-Myanmar relations have long been defined by acrimony. Recent developments in American energy and mineral policy provide an alternative path forward. The new minerals race compels Washington to seek ...

Troops with the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) raise their flag after the capture of Lashio in July 2024. A year later, China pressured the MNDAA to withdraw and cede control of ...

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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar, Malaysia's foreign minister said Tuesday, citing concerns over the lack of ...

The democracy movement in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has for decades found powerful champions in the Republican Party. President George W. Bush introduced, then expanded, wide-ranging ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

ICJ hears first full genocide case in over a decade Myanmar denies genocide, says offensive was counter-terrorism campaign Rohingya victims seek justice THE HAGUE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Gambia on Monday ...

The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel. By Marlise ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya will open at the United Nations’ top court on Monday. It will be the first genocide ...

Myanmar’s generals have begun staging their long-promised national elections — the first since they seized power in 2021. Their aim is not to restore democracy, but to entrench military rule through ...

(The Hague) – International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings in the Myanmar genocide case highlight the need for justice for the ethnic Rohingya, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, Global Justice Center ...

ASEAN’s responses to major regional security challenges like the Myanmar crisis illustrate weakening ASEAN centrality — ASEAN’s key principle and aspiration. The question of whether and how ASEAN can ...