Myanmar

A senior member of Myanmar’s deposed ruling party, Win Htein has become the latest prominent politician arrested as the country’s new military government confronts continuing resistance to its seizure of power. Htein, 79, is a longtime…

The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Monday’s coup in Myanmar, after a two-hour long emergency meeting failed to secure the support of China, a key Myanmar ally and a veto-holding permanent member of…

Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early…

Myanmar members of parliament are set to take up their seats on Monday as escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military stirs fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent.…