It has taken six years to get the Rohingya people heard in court, writes Christopher Gunness. If Myanmar is not duly punished ...

The scammers at a vast office park in Myanmar wielded deepfake technology, doctored videos and pinpoint conversational ploys ...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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