ECONOMY: Singapore's economy finished 2024 on a high, but external headwinds--fueled by U.S.-instigated trade disputes--suggest that a key aim of the budget will be shoring up resilience.

While supporters and opponents of Myanmar's military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, both sides can celebrate ...

Locals believe Mandalay’s Mogoke, a frequent target of air raids, was hit again because the TNLA has seized ruby mines there and allowed small-scale operations to resume.

A City Rebuilding Amidst Unrest Mogadishu, Somalia, holds the title of the most densely populated city globally, with a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of convicted murderer Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, ordering a lower court to review whether she got a ...

China’s apparent demands for a retreat from the northern Shan State capital Lashio is an unacceptable breach of Myanmar’s ...

A renewed attempt to auction off the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been unsuccessful as the property in a country embroiled in a civil war failed to attract an ...

This mountain city in Bulgaria is known as the Machu Picchu of Europe but is less crowded and easier to get to, while still full of ancient mysteries.

Myanmar's military deposed the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. She remains in jail and the country is mired in a brutal civil war.

However, it is still able to hold onto much of central Myanmar and big cities including the capital, Naypyidaw. State-run MRTV television reported on Friday that the National Defense and Security ...

Clustered around the city's port on the banks of the St. Lawrence River are the quaint stone buildings and narrow, winding streets of Old Québec. This historic neighborhood (and UNESCO World ...

The grandeur and its city status dates back centuries, and the city's claim to fame was that it was actually the first capital of the modern Greek state, from 1823 to 1834, before Athens took over.