Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten ...

The election comes as civil war continues to grip the country, following the ousting of elected government in 2021.

Nobody talks about the election, people are scared. That's why they don't speak up. Because of the government' one woman told ...

Voters in Myanmar have voted in the first phase of the country’s general election. The polls are being held under military ...

A woman (L) prepares to vote at a polling station during the first phase of Myanmar's general election in Yangon on December ...

A roundup of live updates from The Irrawaddy’s coverage of the first phase of voting on Sunday, which was marked by violence, protests and low turnout.

Deadly airstrikes, raids and artillery attacks are targeting civilians across the Bamar heartland regions of Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe.

Slip into the slow pace of life in Laos, where a new Mekong cruise follows the river’s course past the pagoda-studded world ...

Yet the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has a spring in his step these days. He seems confident this extraordinary election, ...

It is widely expected that Min Aung Hlaing, the general who has ruled Myanmar with an iron fist since the 2021 military coup, ...

BANGKOK — 2025 saw global conservation plunged into chaos, with an estimated $500 million in funding from the United States ...

Huw Owen from the Disasters Emergency Committee in Scotland gives an overview of the major humanitarian crises in 2025 and ...