With almost 1,000 islands and 2,400 km. of coastline, Israelis flock to the beaches in large numbers all year round, enjoying ...

In the mountains of western Myanmar, photographs of fallen fighters line a wall of a rebel headquarters – an honour roll of ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...

Russia is a key ally and arms supplier for Myanmar, an isolated state struggling to quell violent opposition to military rule. Russia and Myanmar have also held joint military drills and signed a ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government arrived in Russia on Monday on an official visit to a major ally of the Southeast Asian nation that has been shunned by much of the ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. More than 7,000 people from across the world are being held in a Myanmar border town as they await a return ...

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday in an ongoing repatriation effort that follows ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Zeya says the money he received was enough to pay off his debts and buy some land "I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts - that's why I decided to sell my kidney," says Zeya, a farm ...

Naypyidaw, officially known as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city was founded on a greenfield site near Pyinmana, about 200 miles north of the less ...