military

Indonesia halts deep-sea salvage of sunken submarine

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has called off its bid to salvage a military submarine that sank off the…

Malaysia scrambles jets to intercept Chinese military planes

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia scrambled jets to intercept 16 Chinese military aircraft off the country's coast in the…

Myanmar journalist to seek asylum in Spain

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Myanmar correspondent Mratt Kyaw Thu will arrive in Madrid on Tuesday to ask for asylum after…

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defiant in first comments since coup

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her ousted party would "exist as long as…

Police and soldiers killed in eastern Myanmar amid heavy fighting

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Dozens of Myanmar security force members were killed Sunday, rebel fighters said, after heavy fighting in…

Japan could freeze all Myanmar aid, foreign minister warns

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo could freeze all aid to Myanmar, Japan's foreign minister warned in an interview published Friday,…

Myanmar town pleads for help as thousands flee fighting

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Desperate residents of a Myanmar town hit by clashes between the military and an anti-junta defence…

Anti-coup militia says at least five dead in Myanmar clashes

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- At least five opposition rebels have been killed after days of clashes in Myanmar, an anti-junta…

Japanese journalist to be deported from Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- A Japanese journalist arrested while covering the aftermath of the Myanmar coup is to be deported,…

Thai police arrest journalists fleeing coup-hit Myanmar

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Three Myanmar journalists have been arrested in Thailand after fleeing across the border to escape a…

Myanmar counts cost of coup, 100 days on

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- One hundred days after the military seized power in Myanmar, the nun who pleaded for protesters…

US sends more reinforcements for Afghan pullout: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US military has deployed more heavy bombers and fighter jets to protect withdrawing American…

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