YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships including some ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. It is a contest that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP ...

Myanmar’s junta created a capital to withstand an invasion. Now, the military struggles to project an image of control over a crumbling nation.

Here's a look at the Silent Huntress Trailer for Steel Seed, a sci-fi narrative-based stealth action-adventure game developed by Storm in a Teacup. Players will embody Zoe alongside her trusty drone ...

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PITTSBURG — A United States Steel Corp. unit has bought the Pittsburg property where a steel mill had operated for decades until it closed two years ago. The former USS-Posco plant site in Pittsburg ...

We all think we know the Spartans—bare-chested warriors shouting “This is Sparta!” and charging into battle without fear. But how much of that is Hollywood, and how much is history? Behind the legend ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Safdie’s new film ‘Marty Supreme’ is loosely based on the career of table tennis legend Marty Reisman. Neville ...

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections. A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor ...