Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders, UN says military choking aid
Myanmar's ostracised junta chief met the leaders of India and Thailand during a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, and the ...
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Myanmar’s junta takes advantage of a devastating earthquake
S ince March 28th, when a powerful earthquake shook Myanmar’s central heartlands, the country’s brutal junta has tried to ...
How Myanmar’s Junta—and Ongoing Civil War—Complicates the Nation’s Earthquake Recovery
Here’s what to know about the challenges from the natural disaster—compounded by ongoing civil war—and where the country ...
A Question in Quake-Wracked Myanmar: Does This Augur the End of the Junta?
In a censored nation that runs on rumor and omens, people in Myanmar wonder whether the latest disaster might be a portent of ...
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Live Updates: Death Tolls Rises; Election Plans Reaffirmed; 54 Junta’s Attacks Since Quake and more
The regime reported the earthquake death toll at 3,145 on Friday morning, including 2,053 in Mandalay Region, followed by ...
Junta-ruled Guinea sets referendum for September in potential step to democracy
Guinea's military leader has set September 21, 2025, as the date for a constitutional referendum, according to a decree read ...
How will the Myanmar earthquake affect the nation's military junta?
Ruling Myanmar since seizing power from the country's democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in 2021, the junta has ...
Myanmar’s military junta makes rare plea for help after powerful earthquake kills scores with toll expected to rise
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the heart of war-ravaged Myanmar of Friday, killing scores of people and prompting the country ...
Gabon junta leader Nguema seeks democratic legitimacy in post-coup vote
Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema will try to ride the advantages of incumbency and a popular crackdown on corruption to make the ...
Niger’s junta leader cements his grip on power as he is sworn in as president
Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five ...
In Myanmar, a heartless junta deepens earthquake despair with ‘collective punishment’
As quake survivors dig through the rubble for loved ones with their bare hands, the military bombs villages and seeks ...