The dismantling of the Ming and Bai criminal groups is a “powerful blow to the arrogance of criminals", says China’s Supreme People’s Court.

MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it will help select and train Myanmar's first cosmonaut in a sign of growing ties with the Southeast Asian state. The offer was made during a visit to Myanmar this week by Dmitry Bakanov,

Myanmar's state-run media say the country's newly elected parliament will convene for its first session next month, following an election that critics said was neither free nor fair.

YANGON: The Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) has approved 17 new investment projects, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Thursday (Feb 26)

An MNA aircraft ferried 50 assault rifles to an obscure pro-junta outfit in Kachin State in a recent instance of the regime using civilian passengers as human shields for arms transports.

Feb 25 (Reuters) - A retired general from an army-backed party that swept Myanmar's election is set to take the powerful role of speaker of parliament, party sources said, which could help the military cement control of government after a return to democratic rule.

State-owned Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) operates a fleet of eight ATR72-600 aircraft as well as two leased B737-800s, mostly on domestic routes within Myanmar.

Myanmar’s military government ordered East Timor’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities from the fellow Southeast Asian country accepted a criminal complaint against Myanmar's armed forces.

At least 17 civilians were killed after a Myanmar military airstrike hit a market in Rakhine State, according to local groups and media reports.