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US lifts sanctions on daughter of Myanmar military-linked businessman

The US in July 2025 lifted sanctions on several other Myanmar nationals and a firm under sanctions for aiding the military.

Myanmar leader to visit Malaysia after migrant returns begin

Malaysia announced in July its plan to return about 5,000 Myanmar nationals. The first group of nearly 1,500 returnees arrived in Myanmar on Oct 4.

Guinea-Bissau military leaders bar ousted president's return

Ousted Guinea-Bissau leader to run in December election, source says

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrives to votes during the presidential election at a polling station, Umaro Djabula in Gabu, Guinea-Bissau, November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago./File Photo

In run for Brazil's presidency, Flavio Bolsonaro tests staying power of his father's legacy

Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL) holds up a portrait of his father, Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, during a campaign rally in Goiania, Brazil, September 27, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Myanmar leader says he has been ‘extremely lenient’ towards Suu Kyi: Report

Min Aung Hlaing retired as military chief to become civilian president in April, following elections derided by rights groups as a charade.

US officials made rare visit to Myanmar to free American businessman

Vietnam’s foreign minister to visit Myanmar on Aug 26

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung is expected to co-chair a bilateral cooperation meeting with his Myanmar counterpart.

Exiled Myanmar ambassador on trial for ‘trespass’ at diplomatic residence in Britain

Ex-ambassador of Myanmar to Britain, Kyaw Zwar Minn, poses for a portrait on Jan 31, 2023 at the diplomatic residence in London where he has remained since a new regime in Myanmar took over the running of the country in 2021.

Syria sentences ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over killings, torture

Then Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus in 2023. A court sentenced him to death in absentia for “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”.

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