Opposition groups and the UN have called for the international community to boycott the results of elections held by the ...

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some ...

Outside polling stations guarded by armed police, an upbeat music video urging people to take part in the election plays on ...

Philippine Foreign Secretary Lazaro’s meeting with Min Aung Hlaing risks legitimizing sham elections and eroding ASEAN’s leverage.

A roundup of live updates from The Irrawaddy’s coverage of the first phase of voting on Sunday, which was marked by violence, protests and low turnout.

As 2026 opens, conflict remains a permanent global condition, not an exception. More than 185,000 political violence events were recorded in 2025, directly exposing 831 million people—16% of ...

“My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” he told Times reporters.

For Gustav Stresemann and fellow signatories of the Locarno Treaties, hope was fleeting: within 15 years, global war returned ...

When it comes to reconciling lofty ideals with gritty public policy, consistency is enormously challenging. But the ...

For children growing up in war-affected regions, fear is not an occasional experience but a constant condition of life.

In an era when global governance is often debated as a matter of moral responsibility versus national sovereignty, former U .

In World of War, Geoffrey Robertson calls for more law and better justice, but his arguments are less than compelling.