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This photo released by the Arakan Army, shows members of the Arakan Army posing for a photograph in front of the captured district police office in Ann township, Rakhine state, Myanmar, Nov. 29, 2024. (The Arakan Army via AP)

An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Local residents wade through flooded water at a broken bridge, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar’s economy set to contract as floods and fighting take heavy toll, the World Bank says

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, inspects officers during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar’s military regime

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

FILE - Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, inspects officers during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Head of Myanmar’s military government to visit close ally China

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This handout photo provided by Mandalay People's Defence Force shows the debris of a jail building destroyed in an army airstrike in Nawnghkio township in Shan state, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Mandalay People's Defence Force via AP)

New sanctions target Myanmar’s military suppliers

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In this photo provided by Mandalay People's Defense, members of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, one of the ethnic armed forces in the Brotherhood Alliance, and Mandalay People's Defense Force pose for a photograph in front of the captured building of the Myanmar's War Veterans' Organisation in Nawnghkio township in Shan state, Myanmar, on June 26, 2024. (Mandalay People's Defense Force via AP)

Myanmar military loses ground one year after major rebel offensive

By David Rising - Associated Press

From left Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet hold hands for a photo session during the opening ceremony of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Southeast Asian leaders meet in Laos to discuss Myanmar war and disputed sea

By Jintamas Saksornchai and Eileen Ng - Associated Press

Local residents wade through flooded water at a broken bridge, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Casualties in Myanmar push Southeast Asia’s death toll from Typhoon Yagi past 500

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Hundreds of Rohingyas gather in the rain to demand safe return to Myanmar's Rakhine state as they mark the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus from Myanmar at their refugee camp at Kutupalong in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/ Shafiqur Rahman)

Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar

By Shafiqur Rahman and Julhas Alam - Associated Press

This shows a supermarket of Aeon Orange in Yangon, Myanmar in July 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese executive convicted in Myanmar for selling rice above set prices returns home

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This shows a supermarket of Aeon Orange in Yangon, Myanmar in July 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Myanmar releases a Japanese executive after he was convicted for selling rice above set prices

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Myanmar Foreign Secretary Aung Kyaw Moe, Philippine Foreign Secretar Enrique Manalo, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, Laos Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Malaysia Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, Brunei Darussalam Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof, Cambodia Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, East Timor Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the 57th Association of southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Plenary Meeting session in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in Laos

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

FILE - Gen. Aung San, then leader of the Myanmar government, arrives at 10 Downing Street, the residence and office of Britain's Prime Minister, in London, on Jan. 13, 1947. Myanmar’s military government held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city Friday July 19, 2024 to mark the anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. (AP Photo, File)

Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San

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Police investigate the scene of Friday nights shooting in Utica, N.Y., early Saturday, June 29, 2024. An officer shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday. (Kenny Lacy Jr./Syracuse.com via AP)

What we know about the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy in upstate New York

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

A person walks outside of Aeon Orange supermarket in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, July 1, 2024. Myanmar’s military government has arrested a Japanese business executive, along with dozens of local businessmen, for allegedly selling rice at prices well above the officially regulated ones, state-run media said Monday. The reports said Hiroshi Kasamatsu, a director of Aeon Orange, was detained. (AP Photo)

Japanese executive among dozens arrested in Myanmar for allegedly selling rice above set prices

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