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No NATO for Ukraine, Russia to hold east Donbas: Inside Trump's peace plan

Russian President Vladimir Putin would also gain ground that he has been unable to win on the battlefield.
Updated on Nov 21, 2025 06:40 am IST

Donald Trump says it's disgusting’ what Russia is doing to Ukraine

Washington has given Moscow until the end of next week to cease hostilities in Ukraine, under threat of severe economic sanctions.
Published on Aug 01, 2025 08:52 am IST

Myanmar junta postpones election promised after 2021 coup: Report

Myanmar has been in chaos since the coup, with a resistance movement fighting the military on multiple fronts after a bloody crackdown on opponents that drew global condemnation and saw Western sanctions re-imposed. (File)
Published on Aug 01, 2023 10:04 am IST

Top military-appointed election official shot dead in Myanmar

Resistance groups earlier this year attempted to disrupt preparations for a new election the military.
Published on Apr 23, 2023 04:11 pm IST

Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new charge as crackdown intensifies

Protesters hold up the three finger salute with signs calling for the release of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon.
Published on Feb 17, 2021 05:12 am IST

Aung San Suu Kyi detention extended as protests continue in Myanmar

Some protesters posed for photographs in front of military vehicles while holding red signs that said “Join in CDM.”
Published on Feb 15, 2021 12:26 pm IST

Resistance to coup grows despite Myanmar's block of Facebook

Suu Kyi, the daughter of an independence hero and a pro-democracy activist for more than three decades, remains the country's most popular politician (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Published on Feb 05, 2021 07:13 pm IST

Facebook blocked in Myanmar, Suu Kyi detained by military: 10 points

People protest on the street against the military after Monday's coup, outside the Mandalay Medical University in Mandalay, Myanmar.
Updated on Feb 04, 2021 03:10 pm IST

Myanmar citizens calls for boycott of military-linked products and services

On February 1, the military detained the country's president, U Win Myint, and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, along with other senior figures from the ruling party in response to alleged poll fraud by the Union Election Commission.
Updated on Feb 03, 2021 08:10 pm IST

Myanmar leader tells his government taking power was inevitable

The army, known as the Tatmadaw, took power on Monday and overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi (AP photo/Aung Shine Oo, file)
Published on Feb 02, 2021 07:26 pm IST

Min Aung Hlaing: The military chief who engineered the coup against Suu Kyi

Myanmar military's commander-in-chief sits at the helm of three important ministries — defence, border affairs, and home affairs.
Published on Feb 01, 2021 08:48 pm IST

Aung San Suu Kyi’s party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won the last elections in 2015 in a landslide, ending more than five decades of military-dictated rule in the country.
Published on Nov 08, 2020 03:54 pm IST

Facebook apologises after vulgar translation of Xi Jinping’s name

Facebook Inc said on Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appeared as “Mr Shithole”
Updated on Jan 19, 2020 06:13 am IST

Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi told to ‘stop the genocide’ in UN court showdown

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a hearing in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 10, 2019.
Updated on Dec 10, 2019 05:28 pm IST

Myanmar’s Lady gambles image in Rohingya genocide lawsuit

Suu Kyi’s supporters are printing off T-shirts, organising rallies and even signing up to VIP tours to The Hague to offer their backing.
Updated on Dec 08, 2019 11:47 am IST

Rohingyas are Bangladeshis, Suu Kyi told David Cameron

Former Prime Minister David Cameron
Updated on Sept 19, 2019 01:55 pm IST

Why Amnesty was wrong to strip Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi of top honour

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends the ASEAN-China Summit in Singapore, November 14, 2018
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 02:20 pm IST

Canada Parliament revokes Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary citizenship

Myanmar's sate counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first person to be stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship.
Updated on Oct 04, 2018 10:12 am IST

Suu Kyi must stop defending the indefensible

A recent report by the United Nations Human Rights Council even recommended that Myanmar’s top generals be investigated and prosecuted for “genocide” in Rakhine state
Updated on Sept 17, 2018 12:31 pm IST

India, Myanmar sign seven agreements as Sushma Swaraj meets Suu Kyi

India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj (L), who arrived in Myanmar on Thursday on a two-day visit, met Myanmar’s state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations across different sectors.
Updated on May 11, 2018 06:04 pm IST

Sushma Swaraj meets Myanmar’s State Counsellor Suu Kyi, discusses bilateral ties

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj with Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar.
Published on May 11, 2018 02:40 pm IST

Myanmar parliament elects Suu Kyi loyalist Win Myint as president

Myanmar’s state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and vice president Win Myint attend a parliament session to elect the country’s new president, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Wednesday.
Published on Mar 28, 2018 01:04 pm IST