At first glance, the Bren looked wrong. Top-mounted magazine. Awkward profile. Slower rate of fire than its German rivals.

After five years of mass killing, it is time for a radical rethink on Burma - COMMENT: The military junta has shown it is not interested in transition, only in annihilation, writes Christopher Gunness ...

The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to ...

It’s  India vs Pakistan, for the first time in the 2026 Under 19 World Cup, being played in Zimbabwe and Namibia. The match on Sunday will start at 0730 GMT (1pm IST/12.30pm PST) in Bulawayo. It’s the ...

There’s nothing new about calling George Orwell’s most influential novel prescient. But the focus has usually been on his ...

Thailand’s top diplomat says that a 5-year-old plan by Southeast Asian leaders to end Myanmar’s civil war has failed but ...

Rohingya survivors of the 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar expect the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' highest court, to rule the country committed genocide against them, they ...

Time for the real quiz. As pleasing as it was for Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum to win a rare ODI series away from home – ...

"Mino" Ohye, who pulled off quite a rare feat during his military service, celebrated his 100 birthday on Thursday in West Sacramento, California.

The annual commemoration of the Battle of Isandlwana and the defence of Rorke’s Drift was held at Brecon Cathedral on Sunday, ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-backed party has completed a sweeping victory in the country's ‌three-phase ​general election, state media said, cementing an outcome ‌long expected after a ...

Travelling to cemeteries is neither common nor particularly popular in our part of the world. Even heritage tourism itself ...