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FILE - Myanmar military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing visits a polling station during the final round of general election in Mandalay, central Myanmar, on Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Myanmar expels East Timor’s top diplomat over a criminal complaint alleging military abuses

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Students walk out of South Quad on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Emily Elconin)

He left the U.S. for an internship. Trump’s travel ban made it impossible to return

By Makiya Seminera - Associated Press

Democracy in Myanmar illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Myanmar needs American engagement

By Dave Brat

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2017, file photo, smoke rises from a burned house in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, where the vast majority of the country's 1.1 million Rohingya lived, Myanmar. (AP Photo, File)

Hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya opens at top U.N. court

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

Voters wait for a polling station to open during the second phase of general election in Mandalay, central Myanmar, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar holds second round of voting in first general election since military takeover

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A released prisoner, right, is welcomed by her colleague after she was released from Insein Prison Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar’s military government releases more than 6,100 prisoners on independence anniversary

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Official of the Union Election Commission prepare to close a polling station after the votes are counted, during the first phase of general election, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar’s military-backed party claims strong lead in election’s first phase

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Officials of the Union Election Commission prepare to count votes at a polling station, during the first phase of general election, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar holds first election since military seized power but critics say the vote is a sham

By Tian Macleod Ji and Grant Peck - Associated Press

Hasina, a Rohingya refugee girl, sits inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts

By Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Wai Hun Aung, a damaged building is seen at the hospital that was allegedly hit by a military air strike in Mrauk-U township in Rakhine state, Myanmar, Thursday, Dec.11, 2025. (Wai Hun Aung via AP)

A nighttime airstrike on a hospital leaves 34 dead and 80 injured in Myanmar

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A high-angle view of a busy road with famous Inya Lake in the background in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo)

Critics of army rule in Myanmar stage a silent strike against upcoming election

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A damaged house is seen among the debris in an area allegedly hit by the military’s airstrike in Mayakan village in Tabayin township, also known as Depayin in Sagaing region, Myanmar, Saturday, Dec.6, 2025. (Ko Nan Gyi via AP)

Myanmar military air strike on a tea shop kills 18 watching a football match on TV

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

India nationals, believed to have worked at scam center in Myanmar, board a plane at Thailand's Mae Sot International Airport in Tak, before being sent back to India Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)

Thailand arrests dozens behind online lonely-hearts scams, phony get-rich-quick schemes

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - Members of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) gather for opening ceremony of the party's slogan poster during the first day of election campaign for upcoming general election at their Yangon region party's headquarters Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw, File)

Resistance forces in Myanmar detain a candidate in this month’s election, state media report

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FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, Belarus, June 27, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Military-run Myanmar plays host to goodwill visit by Belarusian leader

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