Myanmar resistance groups offer conditional talks with military
BANGKOK -- Myanmar's shadow civilian government and key ethnic groups have vowed to keep pressure on the military regime but expressed a willingness to negotiate.
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Myanmar shows how empowered youth can push back on autocracy
Thitinan Pongsudhirak is a professor in the political science faculty of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and a senior fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies.
European Union forum on Indo-Pacific will lack US and China, which were not invited
The European Union will host its third Indo-Pacific forum in Brussels this week, but the world’s top superpowers are not invited.
Myanmar’s generals barred from Asean meetings, but junta sent an official to first bloc event in 2 years in Laos
Military-ruled Myanmar sent a bureaucrat to Monday’s meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Laos, Indonesia’s top diplomat said, adding the move was in line with Asean’s policy on the conflict-torn country’s attendance.
Iran executes 4 people it says are linked to Israeli intelligence: State media
DUBAI - Iran carried out the death sentences of four people on Monday (Jan 29) that it says were linked to an Israeli intelligence operation, after the Supreme Court rejected their appeal, Iranian state media reported.
With generals barred, Myanmar junta sends bureaucrat to Asean meeting
Military-ruled Myanmar sent a bureaucrat to Monday's meeting (Jan 29) of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Laos, Indonesia's top diplomat said, adding the move was in line with Asean's policy on the conflict-torn country's attendance.
South China Sea tensions and Myanmar violence top agenda for Southeast Asian envoys meeting in Laos
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — China’s growingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Myanmar topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats meeting in Laos on Monday.
