The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

The UN envoy to Syria called on Wednesday for "free and fair" elections after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable ...

An ethnic armed group ... A video released by the group showed men appearing to be surrendered Myanmar security forces walking out of damaged buildings, holding white flags and white pieces ...

Ukraine is battling against a “prevailing” Russia in the eastern Donetsk region, Kyiv’s military chief has admitted, as Vladimir Putin’s forces look to secure as much territory as possible before US ...

As of December 2024, 301 Ukrainian civilian women are in Russian captivity, with 25 detained before Russia's full-scale invasion and 276 taken since, according to Olha Skrypnyk, head of the Crimean ...

Here's a map showing ... powerful group is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the lightning offensive against former president Bashar al-Assad, pushing him to flee to allied Russia.

Experts say that how BRICS members navigate those tensions will determine whether the group can become a more unified voice on the global stage. Russia was the first to call a convening of the ...

A rights group has accused Russian mercenaries operating in Mali of committing serious abuses against civilians in the region. Malian armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries from the Wagner ...

Malian armed forces and the Russia-backed Wagner Group deliberately killed at least 32 civilians, including seven in a drone strike, kidnapped four others, and burned at least 100 homes in towns and ...

Malian armed forces and the Russia-backed Wagner Group deliberately killed at least 32 civilians, including seven in a drone strike, kidnapped four others, and burned at least 100 homes in towns ...